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" I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long. "
Laura Linney
Feel
Want
Long
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" I love working closely with people. "
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" I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it. "
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Talk
People
Parent
" I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used. "
Laura Linney
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Language
" Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships. "
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Empathy
Courage
" I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy. "
Laura Linney
Enjoy
Absolutely
Doing
" I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old. "
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Really
Years
Lucky
" Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good. "
Laura Linney
Good
Famous
Just Because
" I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship. "
Laura Linney
Hope
Our
Relationship
" I just have to concentrate on doing what I do. "
Laura Linney
Concentrate
Just
Doing
" I have a bag with a toothbrush and toothpaste and all the things I might need during the day. I call the bag my trailer. Sometimes you don't have a trailer, so that's my trailer. "
Laura Linney
Bag
You
Things
" Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention. "
Laura Linney
Attention
People
Personalities
" I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me! "
Laura Linney
Love
Think
Father
" The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it. "
Laura Linney
Work
Only
Made
" What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better. "
Laura Linney
Work
Me
Great
" Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth. "
Laura Linney
Comedy
Truth
Way
" My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence. "
Laura Linney
Go
Things
Professional
" I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy. "
Laura Linney
Crazy
Whole
Find
" If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child. "
Laura Linney
Need
You
Child
" Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor. "
Laura Linney
Actor
You
Just
" You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it. "
Laura Linney
Know
Way
You
" I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person. "
Laura Linney
Laugh
Saying
Myself
" What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships. "
Laura Linney
Choices
Self
People
" I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word. "
Laura Linney
Word
Myself
Learning
" A magnetic personality doesn't necessarily indicate a good heart. "
Laura Linney
Heart
Good Heart
Good
" Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange. "
Laura Linney
Look
Because
Just
" The good thing is that I'm always honest. "
Laura Linney
Always
Good
Thing
" Working with special needs children is hard. "
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Needs
Working
Children
" I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody. "
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Seeing
You
Enjoy
" The goal seems to me at times just to be business first. "
Laura Linney
Just
Me
Seems
" You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first. "
Laura Linney
You
Easy
Important