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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. "
Laura Dern
Face
I Can
Mess
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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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" 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 a natural blonde. I was a towhead as a kid, and then it got ashier when I was 18. "
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" 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. "
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" I think it's about not just the crisis you're in, but how do you get to the other side? How do we heal? How do we survive this experience while remaining hopeful instead of filled with despair? That's what interests me. "
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" You'll be offered the 'lead' in this new hot film with such-and-such A-list director, 'a fabulous part' - a fabulous part? A fabulous part is a character with a soul, who starts here and goes to there, you know? There aren't many of those. "
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" There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults. "
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" If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun. "
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" Diet is weird. It's elusive. I just try to listen to my body. "
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Weird
Try
" My dad was always interested in characters he didn't understand - he was such a great bad guy in movies. And that is really the thing that calls me to the material often: something I struggle to understand in human behaviour. "
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Me
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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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" All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment. "
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Mind
Homework
" I tend to always love material with flawed protagonists and morally ambiguous people. "
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" You know someone is your favorite person when you've done a day of press, listened to yourself ad nauseam, listened to them tell every story, and when it ends, it's like, 'Are we going to eat something?' "
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You
Day
Done
" 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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Say
Talk
" 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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Mom
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" It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say. "
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Strange
Say
" I've seen 3-D movies where it seems a little crude or too in-your-face. "
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Seems
Little
" 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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You
Waiting
Sometimes
" When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else. "
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Parent
Right
You
" There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity. "
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More
Opportunity
Will
" There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions. "
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" 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. "
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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 wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket. "
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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 resent ever being stereotyped. "
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Ever
" I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with. "
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" At the end of the day, you have to sit with the scripts and decide where your heart is. "
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Day
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