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" It's my deepest interest as an actor: I love discovering how human beings work, how their flaws reveal themselves - how to learn and grow from that - and how characters teach me things as a woman and as a parent. "

Laura Dern

Love

Grow

Work

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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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Healing

Flaws

" I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that. "

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

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

" I feel so lucky to have a mom who is not only an extraordinary actor but someone who is game enough to not worry about our relationship versus what we play in movies or television. "

" I think it's about not just the crisis you're in, but how do you get to the other side? How do we heal? How do we survive this experience while remaining hopeful instead of filled with despair? That's what interests me. "

" If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun. "

" 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 think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful. "

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

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

Laura Dern

Love

Means

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Any journey of a creative person has, you know, really unusual challenges and years where you don't work and years where you work. "

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

Laura Dern

Washington

Wanted

" 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. "

" There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity. "

Laura Dern

Opportunity

Will

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Decision-making is very scary for me. "

Laura Dern

Scary

Very

" There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side of the tracks. "

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

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

Laura Dern

Day

Jupiter

" 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

" 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. "