“I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.”
Money
“I'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place.”
AloneAll Quotes by Laura Linney
“Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.”
Courage“I'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place.”
Alone“It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know.”
Learning“I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have.”
Experience“My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.”
Family“I had a good imagination and I still have one a child-like imagination that hasn't gone away.”
Imagination“My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'”
Experience“The thing about death is that it's honest.”
Death“People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point.”
Change“Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.”
Famous“I get cold - really cold - when I travel.”
Travel“I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.”
Communication“I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.”
Hope“History's a resource.”
History“The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.”
Business“You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.”
Smile“I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.”
Learning“I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word.”
Death“I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.”
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