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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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" I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people. "

Laura Dern

Commitment

Difference

Myself

" At 12, turned 13, made a movie with Sex Pistols and The Clash. Learned about a lot of things I never knew and hope will never know again. Don't know how my parents let me do that. "

Laura Dern

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Parents

" I care a lot about big food and everyone's right to healthy, nutritious food and what's caused obesity in America and obesity in children in America. "

" A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And it certainly wasn't pushed on me. It was something I wanted to do. "

" 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. "

" My dad taught me to never be pigeonholed; to really allow yourself to reinvent characters as they reinvent you; to be bold and to be willing to play seemingly unlikeable people. "

Laura Dern

Yourself

Bold

" Diet is weird. It's elusive. I just try to listen to my body. "

" What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me. "

" I remember there being a period of time when I had a baby, and I was so sleep-deprived that I'd get into having no filter, and that was not good. "

" I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people. "

" When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else. "

" When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?' "

" It's interesting to play a real-life person who has already been a character on 'Saturday Night Live.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly. "

" I always wanted to do a 'Ms. Smith Goes to Washington.' "

Laura Dern

Washington

Wanted

" I have never been someone who applied 'work begets work' to my career, sometimes unfortunately. "

" 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. "

" I think my mom exposed me to the concept of using your voice for anything you care about. "

" I don't think you have to be in these serious, heavy, independent little movies to be an actor. Some of the most interesting acting I've seen is on cable television. "

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

" I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit. "

" If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But they really are artists; they intelligently approach each character and prepare in every sense of the word. I grew up in a world that had great discipline. "

" I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been marketed by the big studios to do mass market box office films. "

" I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them. "

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

" I got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky. "

" 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. "

" Like anything else, acting can become boring - a chore, really - if there isn't any challenge. And I like taking challenges. Just when people think they have me figured out, I like to surprise them. "

Laura Dern

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