“I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.”
Hope
“I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.”
HopeAll Quotes by Laura Linney
“The thing about death is that it's honest.”
Death“I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.”
Learning“You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.”
Smile“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“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“History's a resource.”
History“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“Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.”
Fear“Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.”
Truth“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'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place.”
Alone“I love 70's music.”
Music“I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody.”
Learning“People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point.”
Change“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“Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.”
Famous“My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'”
Experience“I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.”
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