Quotes by Laura Linney

About Laura Linney:

Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress. A three-time Academy Award nominee and three-time Tony Award nominee, she won her first Emmy Award in 2002 for Wild Iris (2001), and had subsequent wins for Frasier (2003–04) and John Adams (2008). From 2010–13, she starred in the Showtime series The Big C, which won her a fourth Emmy in 2013. She is also a two-time Golden Globe Award winner.
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I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star.

Laura Linney

I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.

Laura Linney

I don't think I'm exactly gregarious, you know. I'm not usually known as the loud person in the room.

Laura Linney

I certainly didn't have a nanny.

Laura Linney

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

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

I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long.

Laura Linney

I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy.

Laura Linney

I just have to concentrate on doing what I do.

Laura Linney

I grew up in Manhattan on the Upper East Side.

Laura Linney

I'm noise-sensitive. It's always better for me if things are quiet, so I can concentrate.

Laura Linney

People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am.

Laura Linney

My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.

Laura Linney

People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am. Sometimes they think I'm Helen Hunt. Sometimes they think I'm Laura Dern.

Laura Linney

You have to relish the challenge of television.

Laura Linney

I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it.

Laura Linney

If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.

Laura Linney

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.

Laura Linney

With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own pain. You have to be careful about that, because 9 times out of 10, your pain is not appropriate to the character.

Laura Linney

You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first.

Laura Linney

To be too knowing is a downfall.

Laura Linney

Author Bio

  • NameLaura Linney
  • DescriptionAmerican actress
  • BornFebruary 5, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor