Laura Dern Quotes
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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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I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with.
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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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I always wanted to do a 'Ms. Smith Goes to Washington.'
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For people who feel things in an enormous way, it's pretty hard to live in this world.
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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'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
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Starting my career as a kid, I was doing what jobs I got.
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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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'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
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My daughter wants to do yoga with me and wants to be in the theater thing, and I can't tell her, 'Don't be an actress.' My son loves guitar and loves to be in a band and wants his iTunes downloaded with all this old-school hip-hop so he understands where hip-hop came from.
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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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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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To stay true to your art is such a complicated journey, and Dad clearly has done it.
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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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You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
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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've always loved film more than theater.
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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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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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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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Unfortunately, I was making comedies in my 20s, but other people didn't realize they were comedies.
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I love Clint Eastwood, and I wish to work with him again. He's completely irreverent about everything, including his own beautiful work.
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I love being in my 40s.