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 Copy Share Image
If I had stayed in Hollywood, I would have killed myself. Or someone would have done it for me — Piper Laurie Copy Share Image
I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff. — Piper Laurie Copy Share Image
Ive always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew. — Piper Laurie Copy Share Image
And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart. — Piper Laurie Copy Share Image
I had highfalutin ideas about being a serious actress when I was 16, 17, and first signed at Universal. I was so flattered to… — Piper Laurie Copy Share Image
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… — Piper Laurie Copy Share Image
I've always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew. — Piper Laurie Copy Share Image
And if real life was like the movies, I should have lived happily ever after. — Piper Laurie Copy Share Image
Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it. — Piper Laurie Copy Share Image
