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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Laura Dern

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" I've always loved film more than theater. "

Laura Dern

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" When you're playing someone who has a strong ego about themselves, you can't play them when you have the opposite opinion of the one they have of themselves. "

" Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate. "

" I tend to always love material with flawed protagonists and morally ambiguous people. "

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

" I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films. "

" There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions. "

" Growth doesn't hurt. This is what I've learned. In the end, it doesn't hurt. It hurts while it's happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, it's not a bad - not a bad thing to try for. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes. "

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

" 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. "

" My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric. "

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

" 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. "

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

" David Lynch is like that - every sound, every detail to the end of making the film, he never gives up. It has to be perfect. "

" Jealousy is a scary thing. "

" I love Clint Eastwood, and I wish to work with him again. He's completely irreverent about everything, including his own beautiful work. "

" All I can start with is what moves me and feels like a great challenge as an actor and I think is saying something unusual or irreverent or human - honest in some way. "

Laura Dern

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" Unfortunately, I was making comedies in my 20s, but other people didn't realize they were comedies. "

" 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. "

" 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

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