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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
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Film Actor
Stage Actor
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Laura Leggett Linney
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A magnetic personality doesn't necessarily indicate a good heart.
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Ask why until there is no more why.
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I don't think you should exploit your own pain.
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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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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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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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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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My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.
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My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence.
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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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To be too knowing is a downfall.
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