Piper Laurie Quotations

And if real life was like the movies, I should have lived happily ever after.

I'm one of those people who has always been a bridesmaid.

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.

I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face.

One thing is certain. The old Piper Laurie is no more.

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.

Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.

And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart.

Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names.

I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.

Ive always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew.

The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star.

I would love to still be using my name.

But then I became so disillusioned... I had very little life experience and certainly no technique to deal with comedy with any flair.

But then I became so disillusioned.... I had very little life experience and certainly no technique to deal with comedy with any flair.

As far back as I can remember, I've had only one real ambition: to be an actress.

If you can see what the outside is like, it stimulates the imagination, it frees you in a way, to think and feel the way a character might.

Instead of changing my name, I would change Piper Laurie. That was the beginning.

If I had stayed in Hollywood, I would have killed myself. Or someone would have done it for me