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" Sadly, half of marriages end in divorce. Half of my girl friends and male friends have been through one, and their kids are doing great. There's no shame around it - unless you want to project that on to yourself - but certainly there's no longer cultural shame. Everyone is walking through it. "

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" 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. "

Laura Dern

Movies

Interesting

Serious

" Starting my career as a kid, I was doing what jobs I got. "

" Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about. "

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

" 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

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

Laura Dern

Day

Jupiter

" My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work. "

" 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

" Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job. "

Laura Dern

Hollywood

Job

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

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

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

" You'll be offered the 'lead' in this new hot film with such-and-such A-list director, 'a fabulous part' - a fabulous part? A fabulous part is a character with a soul, who starts here and goes to there, you know? There aren't many of those. "

" Everything's cyclical. Having been raised by actors, I watched their careers, and the challenge is to take time off. "

" I've got the sort of personality that requires me to find some sort of release, and for me, it's performing. "

Laura Dern

Personality

Got

" 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. "

" People now tell me it's a good thing I stayed away from teen films. Well, it wasn't my choice. I wasn't hired. "

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

" Being an actress my whole life, it feels so good to have a clean face when I'm off, so I'm not a big makeup wearer. "

" 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

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

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

" 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. "

Laura Dern

Healing

Flaws

" I try to do things I love or care about for some reason. "

" I have a very wonderfully, bizarrely amazing relationship with my mother in that we've been through a myriad of emotions because we've acted together and played all these different kinds of mother-daughters. "

" Jealousy is a scary thing. "

" There are artists or filmmakers or cinematographers who have had long careers who, maybe to reinvent themselves or just to stay in a secure place, layer it on or ham it up, if I can use that expression, or make grand choices that don't feel as authentic as what they did to make us fall in love with them in the first place. "

" The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done. "

" We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that. "