Laura Linney
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Biography
Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, five Tony Awards, and a BAFTA.
"To be too knowing is a downfall."
"I'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place."
"The goal seems to me at times just to be business first."
"People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point."
"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."
"Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships."
"The thing about death is that it's honest."
"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."
"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."
"My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'"
"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."
"Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good."
"Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor."
"It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously."
"History's a resource."
"I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home."
"What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better."
"I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship."
"I had a good imagination and I still have one a child-like imagination that hasn't gone away."
"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."
"I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word."
"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."
"I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make."
"I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make."
"Doing the right thing has power."