American - Actress | January 22, 1932 -
I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm never acting again, unless I can do something worthwhile.
Piper Laurie
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I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face.
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Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names.
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I've always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew.
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I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.
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I'm one of those people who has always been a bridesmaid.
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The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star.
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And if real life was like the movies, I should have lived happily ever after.
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Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.
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One thing is certain. The old Piper Laurie is no more.
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It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange.
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And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart.
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