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Love Quote by Cameron Diaz

"I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman"

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Celebrity admiration is its own kind of shorthand, and Cameron Diaz delivers it with the breezy authority of someone who knows exactly how Hollywood loyalty gets signaled. “I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman” isn’t crafted wisdom; it’s a clean, repeatable burst of allegiance. The repetition does the work: not poetic, not complicated, just emphatic enough to read as real. In an industry where compliments often arrive pre-sanded by publicists, the doubled “love” feels like Diaz insisting the sentiment isn’t transactional.

The subtext is generational and strategic. Maclaine represents a particular lineage of female stardom: outspoken, durable, weird in a way that reads as fearless. Diaz, long associated with charisma and mainstream appeal, aligns herself with that legacy by choosing Maclaine as the object of affection. It’s a way of saying: I don’t only admire glamour; I admire longevity, nerve, and craft. If you’ve shared a set, a circle, or a cultural memory, this kind of praise also acts as a quiet credential - proximity to greatness without the vanity of self-comparison.

Context matters because Hollywood runs on permission structures. Public love for an elder icon is a safe, even expected gesture, but Diaz’s phrasing keeps it from sounding dutiful. It lands like a fan talking, not a colleague posturing. That’s the charm and the utility: warmth that reads as authenticity, and authenticity that doubles as branding.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Diaz, Cameron. (2026, January 17). I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-shirley-maclaine-love-that-woman-45498/

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Diaz, Cameron. "I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-shirley-maclaine-love-that-woman-45498/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-shirley-maclaine-love-that-woman-45498/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is a Actress from USA.

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