“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
“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.” WorldNeedsWritingActorsWrittenGreenIntentionScriptsArchitectureLit Author:Laura Linney
“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.” WorldActorsForceGrowsProjectsIdealsScriptsReally GreatGreat ActorsIdeal World 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
“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.” WorldCultureFightingFunEvolutionConcernedThreatStorytellingMentalityShallowHousewife 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
