“I would say Steven Spielberg is family to me. He's a genius. We survived a hurricane together. I ran from half-puppet,half-nothing creatures. It was months of our life as family. It was the wildest film, Jurassic Park, I'd ever worked on that way.” TogetherFilmGeniusRanJurassic Park Author:Laura Dern
“I had a good understating about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films, that the press can be fun, that it's not about hyping yourself into stardom or trying to sell yourself as a hot ticket. I think a lot of young actors now are getting caught up in that.” ThinkingTryingFilmFunResponsibilityHotCaught Up Author:Laura Dern
“It's very easy to get caught up in - there's a hype going on now that I haven't seen in years, and it's actually more about press than it is about an actor's work or what films they've been in.” FilmEasyCaught Up Author:Laura Dern
“There are people on the ratings board and so froth who don't want certain scenes in the film. There are people who come up and say, "What graphic love scenes. I think, How can a love scene be graphic? Have you seen Total Recall? In this R-rated movie you see a man who you've seen being in love with and sleeping with this fabulous woman shoot her right through the head. "Consider this a divorce" is supposed to be the funniest line in the movie.” PeopleThinkingMenFilmSleepSceneDivorceFabulousBeing In LoveGraphic Author:Laura Dern
“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. You'll be offered the "lead" in this new hot film with such-and-such A-list director, "a fabulous part" - a fabulous part? A fabulous part is a character with a soul, who starts here and goes to there, you know? There aren't many of those.” PeopleThinkingMenGivingMeanDifferentSoulCharacterFilmBreakSceneHotGirlfriendCheatFabulousSupportiveGood Woman Author:Laura Dern
“I made a commitment to myself: that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. Whether it makes someone laugh, or it has a moral to the story - it doesn't have to be an ethical film, but it has to move people. If it doesn't excite me, it's not worth doing - it's better to work on myself and my own life and wait until another great thing comes along.” PeopleFilmMovingWaitingMoralLaughingCommitmentGreat ThingsMaking A DifferenceEthical Author:Laura Dern
“I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. It's not like, "I don't make studio films; I work for David Lynch and maybe a few American Playhouse directors, but that's it" - I'd love to do a box-office hit.” Film Author:Laura Dern
“What about good small roles for women? I've told my agent, if there are two great scenes in a film, I don't care, if it's something with that great edge to it.” CareFilmScene Author:Laura Dern
“It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30s film or a movie of David's Lynch or some other director I love that could also make money, because that would say to the corporation, "Yes, you can make money and still do art." But it's tricky.” ArtFilmStyleMaking MoneyTricky Author:Laura Dern
“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.” FilmActorsUnderstandingResponsibilityPressesAuditionsGood Understanding Author:Laura Dern
“I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been marketed by the big studios to do mass market box office films.” BigsFilmStarsOfficeMassHollywoodBoxesStudiosConventionalBox OfficeHollywood Stars Author:Laura Dern
“I made a commitment to myself: that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference... It has to move people.” PeopleMadeWantedFilmMovingDifferencesCommitmentActressesMaking A DifferenceFirefighter Author:Laura Dern
“I've always loved film more than theater, and film may be more closely related to making a record because you have that ability to go in and do your work and have no judgment around it, and feel honest. Then, much later, it's presented to people. But in theater, people come backstage after a performance and you're about to do the same play again the next night, and people say, "Well, I didn't really believe that emotion" or whatever. It's really hard for me, I like to be closed up and just do the work.” FilmTheater Author:Laura Dern
“It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.” Would BeFilmStyle Author:Laura Dern
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is one of the greatest films of all time.” FilmAll Time Author:Laura Dern
