I got lost a lot, and I was a really bad waitress… I got lost on the subway.

Meaning of the quote

The quote shows that even successful people like Piper Perabo, an American actress, sometimes struggle with simple tasks. She admits she had trouble finding her way around, like getting lost on the subway, and wasn't very good at being a waitress. This helps young people understand that everyone faces challenges, even if they become famous later on. The important thing is to keep trying, even when things are difficult.

About Piper Perabo

Piper Perabo is an American actress who had her breakthrough role in the 2000 film Coyote Ugly. She has also starred in movies like Cheaper by the Dozen and The Prestige, and played CIA agent Annie Walker in the TV series Covert Affairs, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

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I’m not lost, they just moved my street.

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I was never the girl who walked down the centre of the hallway snapping people out of her way.

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Let me tell you who I am: I’m a girl from New Jersey who moved to New York and worked in a bar while trying to make a living at what I really wanted to do, which was act.

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Well, love is confusing at all ages, but especially when you’re 17.

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But Paulie gives all of herself away, and so to create a love like that and a person who would give themselves away was what I thought was going to be difficult. I was little scared of such a challenge.

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I live not too far from it in New York City.

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Nobody got Punk’d and he was still in his season for that show when we were filming. So the kids were very aware that it was filming and that was his show and they were very much on the lookout for that.

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I was bookish and dorky in high school, so the best part of this movie was getting to be on the other side.

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