Laura Dern Quotes
I feel so lucky to have a mom who is not only an extraordinary actor but someone who is game enough to not worry about our relationship versus what we play in movies or television.
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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.
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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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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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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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God bless nannies.
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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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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 grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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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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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 try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
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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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That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love.
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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'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor.
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I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.
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Decision – making is very scary for me.
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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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There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.
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My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.
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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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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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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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As an actor, you're not kind of thinking about your own work or watching the movie for the first time.