Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Laura Linney

Talk

People

Parent

Related Quotes:

" I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!' "

Laura Linney

Just

Work

" The goal seems to me at times just to be business first. "

Laura Linney

Just

Seems

" If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film. "

" I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship. "

" 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. "

" I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make. "

" I love working closely with people. "

" I'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place. "

" People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point. "

" Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good. "

" It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes. "

" It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously. "

" I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star. "

" I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that. "

Laura Linney

Ride

Life

" I'm lucky because I don't like being in the sun a whole lot, just because the repercussions for me - I feel it, I go very red. "

" I can scarcely stand to have a manicure. I have to have them because you don't want to look like a disgusting human being - it's self-care and it has to happen, but I get very restless. "

" The entertainment industry is terrified of silence. "

" I'm very hard on my bags because I tend to carry a lot of stuff with me. "

Laura Linney

Stuff

Lot

" Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor. "

" Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships. "

" I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word. "

" A magnetic personality doesn't necessarily indicate a good heart. "

" History's a resource. "

Laura Linney

Resource

History

" I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have. "

" I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy. "

" At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them. "

Laura Linney

Con

Book

" 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. "

" I'm noise-sensitive. It's always better for me if things are quiet, so I can concentrate. "

" I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home. "

" I could have gone to the gym for three hours a day and bought into all that, but I just wasn't interested. "