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The only really conscious dec...

The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.

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My parents were divorced and ...

My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.

Laura Linney 106 quotes

I just want to say, 'Go work!...

I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'

Laura Linney 106 quotes

What I find so interesting ab...

What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.

Laura Linney 106 quotes

I can scarcely stand to have ...

I can scarcely stand to have a manicure. I have to have them because you don't want to look like a disgusting human being - it's self-care and it has to happen, but I get very restless.

Laura Linney 106 quotes

With big, emotional roles it'...

With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own pain. You have to be careful about that, because 9 times out of 10, your pain is not appropriate to the character.

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All the things that most kids...

All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.

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I am very lucky, because for ...

I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.

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I am very aware that playwrig...

I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.

Laura Linney 106 quotes

You can watch someone on-stag...

You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first.

Laura Linney 106 quotes

Most scripts are written to b...

Most scripts are written to be green lit. They're not written to be acted. And a lot of writers with the greatest intention in the world don't write for actors. They don't understand the architecture of what an actor needs to get from point A to point B.

Laura Linney 106 quotes

The thing about death is that...

The thing about death is that it's honest. I go to things that have a core of honesty about them and there's nothing more honest than death.

Laura Linney 106 quotes

Where I did feel a difference...

Where I did feel a difference is learning to just work in a different way so that your resources are not completely depleted so that you don't have anything to give to your child when you go home, and fortunately I've been working long enough that I know how to make that shift so that I don't compromise my work or compromise my relationships; not compromising parenting is really the biggest difference.

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We all have a limited amount ...

We all have a limited amount and that it's a privilege to grow old. That's something that I think a lot of people have forgotten in this very fast-paced world where youth is overly celebrate.

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Our culture is set up on a fe...

Our culture is set up on a feud mentality, or a "Housewives" mentality, that women just fight. And it's such a shallow way to exist as far as our evolution is concerned, and our culture is concerned. It's fun to watch women fight, in a storytelling way, but in the world, women shouldn't be seen as a threat to other women.

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I still know I have an awful ...

I still know I have an awful lot to learn, and I hope I'm put in whatever situation it is that's gonna help me learn it, or that I'll get to watch really good people do what they do.

Laura Linney 106 quotes

I don't consider myself a cel...

I don't consider myself a celebrity, and I don't consider myself a star.

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When you tell people, your wo...

When you tell people, your world changes, your identity changes and people treat you differently. And then, not only do you have to deal with your own emotional response to what's going on, but you take on everybody else's emotional response.

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I know that actors and actres...

I know that actors and actresses have a great reputation for being very, very selfish, and in some cases, that's very true. But in the theater I find it doesn't help you to be selfish. You sort of have to be selfless in the theater, and the more selfless you are - that doesn't mean don't take care of yourself - but the more you sort of surrender to the work, I find, the better the work is. That's just my experience.

Laura Linney 106 quotes

Some big movies are terrific,...

Some big movies are terrific, and some aren't. They're made for different reasons, and they have different impacts and they're very different experiences making them. But if they're good, if you're with good people, then hooray.

Laura Linney 106 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....