Piper Laurie

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

— Piper Laurie

#got #heart #take #then #whole

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

— Piper Laurie

#ever #ever after #happily #i #life

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

— Piper Laurie

#ethnic #everyone #had #lana #names

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

— Piper Laurie

#actress #bad #bad acting #believe #had

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

#again #agent #called #dropped #fireplace

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

— Piper Laurie

#face #forget #i #name #never

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

— Piper Laurie

#asked #being #flattered #heady #i

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

— Piper Laurie

#always #been #i #people #those

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

— Piper Laurie

#felt #i #jew #knowing #not knowing

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

#back #exchange #i #i have learned #just