30 Famous Quotes by Actress Laura Linney

I’m not someone who likes to have my picture taken let alone see it plastered all over the place.

The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.

People’s view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer which everyone will at some point.

Traits like humility courage and empathy are easily overlooked – but it’s immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

The thing about death is that it’s honest.

I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it like a death sentence no-one would even mention the word.

I think everyone’s experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person the context in which they’re living and the relationships that they have.

My experience is that’s rare – that you have a script that is… what they call ‘film-ready.’

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.

Just because you’re not famous doesn’t mean you’re not good.

Fear anxiety and neurosis: that’s just in the suitcase when you’re an actor.

It’s always nice when you do something and it’s well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around you take a deep breath appreciate it but not take it too seriously.

History’s a resource.

I’ve seen the greatest actors in the world transcendent talents who can’t find a home.

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.

I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn’t exploit our relationship.

I had a good imagination and I still have one a child-like imagination that hasn’t gone away.

It is always good to explore the stuff you don’t agree with to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way and always end up learning something I didn’t know.

I had learning disabilities and I couldn’t express myself in the written word.

I enjoy learning about different periods and people and then taking what’s universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are certain things unite everybody.

I tend to make low-budget movies but yeah I make more money than I ever thought I would make.

I tend to make low-budget movies but yeah I make more money than I ever thought I would make.

I love 70’s music.

Doing the right thing has power.

People’s view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer which everyone will at some point.

I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn’t exploit our relationship.

You know when someone’s over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can’t believe it.

I get cold – really cold – when I travel.

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.