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

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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

I had highfalutin ideas about being a serious actress when I was 16, 17, and first signed at Universal. I was so flattered to be asked to be in the m…

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie

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

- Piper Laurie