Laura Dern Quotes
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That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love.
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With 'Mask,' 'Smooth Talk' and 'Blue Velvet,' I loved the specific experiences so much. Each one was a specific filmmaker with a specific vision.
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In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.
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I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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God bless nannies.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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David Lynch is like that - every sound, every detail to the end of making the film, he never gives up. It has to be perfect.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other.
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I knew I wanted to become an actor when I was 7 years old. My dad was working with Alfred Hitchcock, my mom was working with Martin Scorsese - and it was the great summer of my childhood.
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I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor.
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I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.
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There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.
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Decision – making is very scary for me.
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The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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As an actor, you're not kind of thinking about your own work or watching the movie for the first time.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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Having been raised by actors who love moral ambiguity and flawed protagonists, I feel like it's sort of in the blood to want to take it on.
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When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?'