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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.

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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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Compelling
Command
Personality
Attention
People

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Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.
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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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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 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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Ask why until there is no more why.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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I get cold - really cold - when I travel.
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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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That's my favorite food group: donut. I love the donut.
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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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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.
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I'm very hard on my bags because I tend to carry a lot of stuff with me.
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I still know I have an awful lot to learn, and I hope I'm put in whatever situation it is that's gonna help me learn it, or that I'll get to watch really good people do what they do.
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My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.
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I certainly didn't have a nanny.
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Things get complicated at times, so there are certainly moments when you wish your life were different. That's true for everybody, not just people in our profession. But there's nothing I feel like I gave up professionally. I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy.
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Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.
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I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.
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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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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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