The memoir has already been optioned for television, and Minnelli has opinions on who should play her.

“We dont know!

“First, we need a great script and an actress who loves to move.”

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Liza Minnelli on-set, 1977

Liza Minnelli in ‘New York, New York’.Everett Collection

Why someone who can move?

I work on recovery every day,” she adds.

“Lets stop the shame.”

Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland

Liza Minnelli and her mother, singing legend Judy Garland.CBS

As for the eventual adaptation, Minnelli thinks the subject will break worthy new ground.

Minnelli is the daughter of Hollywood superstarJudy Garlandand the Academy Award-winning directorVincente Minnelli.