Laura Linney Quotes
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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 get cold - really cold - when I travel.
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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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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 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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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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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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I love to work in all sorts of different situations.
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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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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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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 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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The thing about death is that it's honest.
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History's a resource.
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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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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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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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Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.
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What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die – that's that.
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The good thing is that I'm always honest.