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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There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults.
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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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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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Jealousy is a scary thing.
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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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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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Sometimes my family got me in the door. Somebody would say, 'Bruce Dern's daughter - sure I'd like to meet her.' It was a point of interest. But after five minutes of talking about my father, I still had to read for the part.
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What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?
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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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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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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 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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Love means a lot to me, and I love loving, and I love boys.
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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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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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I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
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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 got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky.
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'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
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I care a lot about big food and everyone's right to healthy, nutritious food and what's caused obesity in America and obesity in children in America.
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I love being in my 40s.
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I tend to always love material with flawed protagonists and morally ambiguous people.