“Even if you've gone through an average childhood, you have girlfriends who get pregnant and then have to choose whether or not to have a child. And this stuff certainly makes you think about what you're taking on. I certainly want to have children, but I could never do it until I felt I loved myself enough, and wanted to bring someone into the world because I had some kind of security.” ThinkingWorldKindChildrenEnoughChildhoodSecurityGirlfriendPregnantMake You Think Author:Laura Dern
“There was a television show called The Innocents of Hollywood. Brooke Shields is a friend of mine and she saw one of the introductions to it, and she called me and said, "I think you better check this out." And on this show they talked about parents who'd ripped off their kids. One of them said, "My mother stole $300,000 from me as a child." Well, my mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother. But god knows what people will say when this movie comes out.” PeopleThinkingKindChildrenKidsMotherParentExtrasGod KnowsIntroduction Author:Laura Dern
“Virginia Mayo had kind of a small role in The Best Years of Our Lives, but you got the whole character in one scene. Where are those parts? I was talking to somebody about great actors: Morgan Freeman's name came up, Forest Whitaker, Denzel Washington. And I realized, there're no black actresses. Where's there a black actress who's been extremely successful in the past 10 years?” KindCharacterPastBlackSuccessfulSceneI RealizedDenzel Author:Laura Dern
“My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.” FirstsKindMadeMotherAccountsExtrasBank Accounts Author:Laura Dern
