Laura Linney Quotes
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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.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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I get cold - really cold - when I travel.
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My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.
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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!
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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.
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I love to work in all sorts of different situations.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
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When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.
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Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.
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Doing the right thing has power.
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The thing about death is that it's honest.
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History's a resource.
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I crave a cone of silence every once in while.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.
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The good thing is that I'm always honest.
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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.
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Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange.
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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.