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"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."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."
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"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."
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"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."
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"It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting."
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"With Sean Penn, he wants to be surprised. He doesn't necessarily want what he's written, although we'll do what he's written. He likes the danger of acting."
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"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."
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"Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad."
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"Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting."
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"One thing is certain. The old Piper Laurie is no more."
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"And if real life was like the movies, I should have lived happily ever after."
Life
"The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star."
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"Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names."
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"I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff."
Movies
"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."
Acting
"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."
Life
"Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it."
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"And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart."
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"I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face."
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