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" It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that. "

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" I can't say 'I'm proud to say' - because it's not a choice for many Americans - but I can say I'm fortunate enough to not be raising my kids on McDonald's. "

Laura Dern

Say

I Can

Proud

" Meditation is a practice that is considered mainstream: The NFL uses it, the NBA uses it, heart patients use it. It's very easy to consider yourself a meditator and not be too alternative-minded. "

" You know someone is your favorite person when you've done a day of press, listened to yourself ad nauseam, listened to them tell every story, and when it ends, it's like, 'Are we going to eat something?' "

" Irvin Kershner, no matter what anyone says, has done some great work. 'Eyes of Laura Mars' is an incredible movie. "

" To stay true to your art is such a complicated journey, and Dad clearly has done it. "

" 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. "

" Ben Stiller, who I love and who is a friend and is such an incredible actor - he's hilarious, obviously, but I thought his performance in 'Greenberg' was extraordinary. "

" 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

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

" I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius. "

Laura Dern

Everyone

Career

" 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. "

" For people who feel things in an enormous way, it's pretty hard to live in this world. "

" I was on the cover of a lot of magazines, and there were compliments about beauty and fashion and what I was wearing. Man, if you get locked into that, you can lose your freedom as an actress. "

" I was raised Catholic, and my grandmother taught me to stay. As a teenager, I thought if you went on a date, you should stay for a couple of years. I didn't realize that if he wasn't your cup of tea, you got to leave. "

" Me and Woody Harrelson, we're twins. We're the same person. I should only make movies with him. "

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

" Jealousy is a scary thing. "

" 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. "

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

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

Laura Dern

Love

Means

" I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors. "

" I know that I've seen a mannerism, or a way I've cried, or something, where I see a flash of my parents. "

" Sometimes my family got me in the door. Somebody would say, 'Bruce Dern's daughter - sure I'd like to meet her.' It was a point of interest. But after five minutes of talking about my father, I still had to read for the part. "

Laura Dern

Father

Meet

" 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

" For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow. "

Laura Dern

Knowing

Good

" I love when actors can let go of where and how they have to do it, and just that we do it. That we are flawed and human, and don't worry about how we look or who we are, or that it seems too old of a character if we're still young. "

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

" It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents. "

" I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket. "

Laura Dern

Day

Jupiter

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