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" 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. "

Laura Linney

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

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" My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them. "

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" I love to work in all sorts of different situations. "

" If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" I crave a cone of silence every once in while. "

" Doing the right thing has power. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Courtroom dramas can be boring. "

" I love working closely with people. "

" I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old. "

" I had a good imagination and I still have one; a child-like imagination that hasn't gone away. "

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

" You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it. "

" When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships. "

" The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage. "

" Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange. "

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