Laura Dern Quotes
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I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.
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If you have a movie coming out, and people are talking about you, the amount of scripts will build.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.'
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There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity.
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Every role is a new form of surrender.
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Starting my career as a kid, I was doing what jobs I got.
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Growth doesn't hurt. This is what I've learned. In the end, it doesn't hurt. It hurts while it's happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, it's not a bad - not a bad thing to try for.
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I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with.
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I was raised on movie sets, and I decided for myself at a very young age that it was what I wanted to do.
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I'm lucky enough that directors sometimes seek me out for little projects that people don't even know about, that just surface later on.
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I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
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At 12, turned 13, made a movie with Sex Pistols and The Clash. Learned about a lot of things I never knew and hope will never know again. Don't know how my parents let me do that.
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I got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky.
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To stay true to your art is such a complicated journey, and Dad clearly has done it.
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I always wanted to do a 'Ms. Smith Goes to Washington.'
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'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
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I tend to always love material with flawed protagonists and morally ambiguous people.
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What I consider a good part for a woman and what some other Hollywood people think are good women's parts are very different. I don't want to play the supportive girlfriend who has nine scenes and just loves that man, maybe cheats on him in one scene but will always be there, and I mean - give me a break.
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Meditation is a practice that is considered mainstream: The NFL uses it, the NBA uses it, heart patients use it. It's very easy to consider yourself a meditator and not be too alternative-minded.
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I've always loved film more than theater.
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I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films.
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We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
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Unfortunately, I was making comedies in my 20s, but other people didn't realize they were comedies.