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Laura Linney
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: February 5
Actor
Actress
Character Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Manhattan borough
New York City
Laura Leggett Linney
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Thing

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I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.
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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.
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That's my favorite food group: donut. I love the donut.
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Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.
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I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person.
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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.
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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.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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I love actors, regardless of where they are in their skill level. There's something terribly satisfying about working with someone who's really learning.
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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.
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I certainly didn't have a nanny.
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I don't think you should exploit your own pain.
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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.
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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.
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Collaboration. ... For me, it has informed every move I've ever made. And it saved me in many ways and still does. When things get hard, you can cling to the work.
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Ask why until there is no more why.
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I'm always curious, but I'm learning things I never thought I'd learn. I get to travel to places I never thought I'd go.
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Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.
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At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.
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