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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.

Laura Dern

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Laura Dern
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: February 10
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