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Piper Laurie

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

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Donna Grant

"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

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Donna Grant

"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

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Donna Grant

"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself."

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."

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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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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