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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

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.

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

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

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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie