“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.” PeopleHumansDifferentMatterCertainEnjoySeeingConditionsPeriodsUniversalWhere You AreHuman Condition Author:Laura Linney
“Things get complicated at times, so there are certainly moments when you wish your life were different. That's true for everybody, not just people in our profession. But there's nothing I feel like I gave up professionally. I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy.” PeopleFeelsDifferentMomentsWishEnjoyComplicatedProfessionGave Up Author:Laura Linney
“I know what people want to hear is the connection with the son, Roger, when you have a child. I would love to tell that there was an epiphany as to what it is to be a mom, but I didn't feel any difference there.” PeopleKnowsWantFeelsChildrenDifferencesSonMomConnectionsRogerEpiphany Author:Laura Linney
“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.” PeopleWorldDealsIdentityEmotionalTreatsResponseEmotional Response Author:Laura Linney
“Theater is the foundation of how I live my life, actually. My father was a playwright, so I was around it all the time and loved to talk shop with him, just loved it. And basically everything that I hold to be good and true and worthy, I learned in the theater. So not even just about the work, but just about life. Discipline, problem solving, creativity, how to get along with people.” PeopleProblemFatherCreativityDisciplineWorthyBe GoodProblem SolvingLiving My LifePlaywrightI Live My Life Author:Laura Linney
“There's a real passing down in the theater, almost ad nauseam. You have to listen to older people talk about their experience, but it makes you very aware of what has come before you or what is coming after you - that you're a part of a link in a chain. It's not all about you.” PeopleReal Author:Laura Linney
“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.” PeopleHelpingSituationHelp MeGood People Author:Laura Linney
“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.” PeopleDifferentReasonGood PeopleBig Movie Author:Laura Linney
“I get very, very, very irritable with people who complain about getting old, because I know a lot of people who would gladly trade places with us. I'm not saying it's easy, I'm not saying it doesn't hurt your feelings, I'm not saying it's not painful - and physically as well as mentally and spiritually - and it's frightening at times. However, people have really lost perspective, and it's a really bizarre topic of conversation that it's become a cultural peg in our world that aging is a bad thing. It's not logical to me.” PeopleWorldFeelingsEasyHurtPerspectiveTradeAgingPainfulComplainingLogicalFrighteningBizarreGetting OldPeg Author:Laura Linney
“You have a lot more to give, the older you get. And you want to give it. I mean, some people want to give it. But there is a desire to pass down, to have a hand in the past and a hand in the future. There's a continuum.” PeopleGivingMeanPastDesire Author:Laura Linney
“There's something grueling but very appealing about rough, to-the-bone material in a low budget context. There's less between you and the material. There are less people. There is less time. There's often less technology. You have to concentrate very intensely, and you jump in a little deeper because there's nothing in your way... but there are challenges.” PeopleChallengesTechnologyRough Author:Laura Linney
“People have to look to the right places for guidance. Looking at a certain type of entertainment shouldn't be where you go for guidance. To zone out, have a laugh, sure - but it's not a great example on how to navigate on a journey. There are other places to look.” PeopleLaughingJourneyGuidanceZone Author:Laura Linney
“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.” PeopleSelfChoicesInterestingEffectsBehaviorSense Of Self Author:Laura Linney
“People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point.” PeopleViewsCancer Author:Laura Linney
“I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.” PeopleWayMy OwnSexy Author:Laura Linney
“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.” PeopleStillsAbleNiceLuckyVery NiceSubway Author:Laura Linney
“People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am. Sometimes they think I'm Helen Hunt. Sometimes they think I'm Laura Dern.” PeopleThinkingSometimesWho I AmHuntsHelenLaura Author:Laura Linney
“Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.” PeopleAttentionPersonalityCommandCompelling Author:Laura Linney
“Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange.” PeopleLooksOrangeTrickyTanning Author:Laura Linney
“What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die - that's that.” PeopleDiesFallBitsStreetsIraqShocking Author:Laura Linney
“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.” PeopleThinkingWorldAgeGrowsYouthAmountForgottenPrivilegeCelebrateFast Paced Author:Laura Linney
