Laura Dern Quotes
-
That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love.
-
In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.
-
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.
-
I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
-
I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
-
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.
-
Decision – making is very scary for me.
-
I've seen 3-D movies where it seems a little crude or too in-your-face.
-
I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
-
There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.
-
Jealousy is a scary thing.
-
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.
-
I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor.
-
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.
-
I always wanted to do a 'Ms. Smith Goes to Washington.'
-
There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults.
-
I remember there being a period of time when I had a baby, and I was so sleep-deprived that I'd get into having no filter, and that was not good.
-
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.
-
I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.
-
What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?
-
I have a very wonderfully, bizarrely amazing relationship with my mother in that we've been through a myriad of emotions because we've acted together and played all these different kinds of mother-daughters.
-
God bless nannies.
-
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.
-
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?'