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" All I can start with is what moves me and feels like a great challenge as an actor and I think is saying something unusual or irreverent or human - honest in some way. "

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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. "

Laura Dern

Time

Baby

Remember

" For me, the key is years of the blessed filmmakers I've worked with giving me permission to be bold and jump off cliffs and to be boundaryless. I would put David Lynch at the top of that list. "

Laura Dern

Bold

Blessed

" Diet is weird. It's elusive. I just try to listen to my body. "

" I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with. "

" 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.' "

" People now tell me it's a good thing I stayed away from teen films. Well, it wasn't my choice. I wasn't hired. "

" I was raised on movie sets, and I decided for myself at a very young age that it was what I wanted to do. "

" I can't say 'I'm proud to say' - because it's not a choice for many Americans - but I can say I'm fortunate enough to not be raising my kids on McDonald's. "

" 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. "

" It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say. "

" I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors. "

" I got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky. "

" When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else. "

" I've got the sort of personality that requires me to find some sort of release, and for me, it's performing. "

Laura Dern

Personality

Got

" I always wanted to do a 'Ms. Smith Goes to Washington.' "

Laura Dern

Washington

Wanted

" At the end of the day, you have to sit with the scripts and decide where your heart is. "

" 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. "

Laura Dern

Know

Parents

" God bless nannies. "

" Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes. "

" I have never been someone who applied 'work begets work' to my career, sometimes unfortunately. "

" I worked with HBO on 'Recount,' and we had a wonderful experience together. I'm such a fan of HBO and how much flexibility they give in character as well as schedule. "

" Like anything else, acting can become boring - a chore, really - if there isn't any challenge. And I like taking challenges. Just when people think they have me figured out, I like to surprise them. "

Laura Dern

People

Challenge

" When you're playing someone who has a strong ego about themselves, you can't play them when you have the opposite opinion of the one they have of themselves. "

" When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?' "

" Having egregious divorces - where you just hate each other - is really the easy way out. "

" It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that. "

Laura Dern

Healing

Flaws

" To stay true to your art is such a complicated journey, and Dad clearly has done it. "

" There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity. "

Laura Dern

Opportunity

Will

" Anybody you make a movie with when you're 12 and they're 14, you're going to know them your whole life. "

" I certainly wouldn't mind if 'Jurassic Park' turns out to be commercially successful, and somebody says, 'Hey, you were in a box-office hit, and if you want to do another movie, we'll give you five million dollars to make it.' "