Laura Dern Quotes
I have never been someone who applied 'work begets work' to my career, sometimes unfortunately.
Quotes to Explore
-
Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
-
I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
-
The mind must be cured as well as the body, as the mind so is the body.
-
Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
-
Philip Kitcher thinks that mathematics is surprisingly like empirical science. Few mathematicians would agree; philosophers too, from Socrates on, have held the opposite opinion.
-
I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
-
I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
-
Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
-
I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
-
The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.
-
I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
-
There is not love where there is no will.
-
I was, by the way - I'm an Essex lad, born and raised in Essex in the U.K.
-
If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots.
-
I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
-
A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
-
If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
-
The addition of nuts in salad... I always find to be beneficial.
-
Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food.
-
I keep my stand-up comedy notes in a pile on my desk. I don't organize my act. I keep myself in a state of confusion. It stresses me out, but I prefer creative chaos.
-
When an audience is affected in a way that I've seen with some people, it's so inspiring to me an actor. You know that you're on the right track and you're doing work that can affect people. When that goes hand-in-hand with important issues that we're still living with, and we will be for a long time, sadly, it's so confirming of everything.
-
As a director, you want to work with great writers.
-
The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.
-
I have never been someone who applied 'work begets work' to my career, sometimes unfortunately.
