Quote

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.

Laura Linney

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
Learn
Helping
Awful
Still
Gonna
Really
Watch
Good
Situation
People
Help
Whatever
Hope

More quotes by Laura Linney

Image
I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.
Laura Linney
Image
Ask why until there is no more why.
Laura Linney
Image
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.
Laura Linney
Image
My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.
Laura Linney
Image
Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.
Laura Linney
Image
I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person.
Laura Linney
Image
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.
Laura Linney
Image
Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
Laura Linney
Image
I'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place.
Laura Linney
Image
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.
Laura Linney
Image
Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.
Laura Linney
Image
I get cold - really cold - when I travel.
Laura Linney
Image
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.
Laura Linney
Image
We all have a limited amount and that it's a privilege to grow old. That's something that I think a lot of people have forgotten in this very fast-paced world where youth is overly celebrate.
Laura Linney
Image
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.
Laura Linney
Image
Most scripts are written to be green lit. They're not written to be acted. And a lot of writers with the greatest intention in the world don't write for actors. They don't understand the architecture of what an actor needs to get from point A to point B.
Laura Linney
Image
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.
Laura Linney
Image
Doing the right thing has power.
Laura Linney
Image
I never felt like a happy-go-lucky ingenue to begin with. And parts are written better when you're older. When you're young, you're written to be an ingenue, and you're written to be a quality. You're actually not written to be a person, you're written for your youth to inspire someone else, usually a man. So I find it just much more liberating.
Laura Linney
Image
Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.
Laura Linney