Quotes

“I’ll come home from work and say, ‘Today was great because we taped those beach scenes.’ And [my husband] says, ‘You know, I don’t get to roll around and kiss people at my job. Don’t tell me you had a hard day. I’ve been tearing down drywall.” — Soap Opera Weekly, 7/7/98

“I was 18, and went on an audition to sing and dance for a cruise line. I said, ‘Okay, I’m ready to sing. Here’s my tape.’ And they’re like, ‘No, you need sheet music. We have a piano player.’ So I said, “Well, I can sing a cappella,’ and I just started singing country songs. They laughed their butts off, and gave me an ‘A’ for effort, but I never heard from them!” — CBS Soaps In Depth, 7/18/99

“Being on a soap opera is like being a kid in a candy store. There’s nothing you can’t do! You can die and come back. You can be a stripper or a princess. You can be the ex-wife of a mobster — I love that!” — ABC Soaps In Depth, 11/22/05

Who leaves Laura Wright starstruck? “That happened when I ran into Lukas [Rossi, winner] from ROCK STAR: SUPERNOVA. I said, ‘What’s up?’ He was trying to go to the bathroom and I was like, ‘Oh, my God!’ and I punched him. He was like, ‘Who are you?’” — SOD Online

“I love working with Laura. She’s awesome and I think our characters work so well together because they’re very similar, so it’s fun.” — Julie Marie Berman

“She has lived a full life. One of the reasons she’s so much fun to be around is because she always has a story to tell, she’s a beautiful, intelligent, mother and wife. She has a lot to offer people. She’s also had one of those lives you would love to have lived. I told her the other day, ‘You’re the type of girl I wished I were in high school.’ She’s just so outgoing.” — Rebecca Herbst

“I’m like a giant on the show. When I’m in a scene with Kelly (Monaco, Sam) and Kimberly McCullough (Robin), I look like Amazon woman.” — Soap Opera Digest, 02/16/06

“I have a dream to work on the production end of television because I don’t always want to worry about wrinkles or the size of my ass for the rest of my life.” — Soap Opera Digest, 02/16/06

“It’s all about the hair with Laura Wright (laughs)!” — Soap Opera Digest, 07/25/06

“Yes! But when we were on Loving, if we were lucky, we’d get a little itty-bitty inset on the cover. We were always under the mailing label. ‘See that blonde bush coming out from under the mailing label? That’s me!’ I’m actually grateful that I started out on a show that wasn’t hugely popular. It kept me grounded and made me realize that fame is here one day, it’s gone the next.” — Soap Opera Digest, 07/25/06

“And I’ve been there (California) two years and I say ‘dude’ like twenty times a day, or an hour. It’s so retarded.” — The Brokerage, 10/08/07