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" I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other. "

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" It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one. "

Laura Dern

Know

Only

" Everything's cyclical. Having been raised by actors, I watched their careers, and the challenge is to take time off. "

" God bless nannies. "

" I've seen 3-D movies where it seems a little crude or too in-your-face. "

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

" I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor. "

" Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper. "

" Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job. "

Laura Dern

Hollywood

Job

" I will be working with David Lynch when I'm 80. "

" I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something. "

" My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother. "

" When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble. "

" If you're looking to be loved for a part, it's great and enticing to be adorable in a romantic comedy. But then, as an actor, you get stuck. "

" 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

" If you have a movie coming out, and people are talking about you, the amount of scripts will build. "

" Jealousy is a scary thing. "

" I knew I wanted to become an actor when I was 7 years old. My dad was working with Alfred Hitchcock, my mom was working with Martin Scorsese - and it was the great summer of my childhood. "

" I've worked with David Lynch since I was 17, and working with him is home and family; being around Alexander Payne is home and family, Jonathan Demme. There are directors... Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson... They are directors where I create homes. "

" It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film. "

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

" There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions. "

" My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work. "

" As an actor, you're not kind of thinking about your own work or watching the movie for the first time. "

" 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.' "

" Love means a lot to me, and I love loving, and I love boys. "

Laura Dern

Love

Means

" I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood. "

Laura Dern

Always

Would

" 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

" 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. "

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

" I tend to always love material with flawed protagonists and morally ambiguous people. "