Quotes By Laura Linney

I have a bag with a toothbrush and toothpaste and all the things I might need during the day. I call the bag my trailer. Sometimes you don't have a trailer, so that's my trailer.

For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.

If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.

The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.

History's a resource.

People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am. Sometimes they think I'm Helen Hunt. Sometimes they think I'm Laura Dern.

I don't think you should exploit your own pain.

I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.

The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.

I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it.

It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know.

Courtroom dramas can be boring.

I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'

The good thing is that I'm always honest.

I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.

You have to relish the challenge of television.

My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.

I love 70's music.

I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have.

I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star.

A magnetic personality doesn't necessarily indicate a good heart.

With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own pain. You have to be careful about that, because 9 times out of 10, your pain is not appropriate to the character.

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.

The entertainment industry is terrified of silence.

I crave a cone of silence every once in while.

I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.

I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.

I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!