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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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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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My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.
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I get cold - really cold - when I travel.
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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.
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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 had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.
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When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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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.
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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
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Ask why until there is no more why.
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Doing the right thing has power.
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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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I'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place.
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Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.
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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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A magnetic personality doesn't necessarily indicate a good heart.
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