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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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.

Laura Linney

For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.

Laura Linney

I don't want to spend my life in my 40s feeling bad about being in my 40s, and then all of a sudden I'm 50, and I will have missed a whole decade!

Laura Linney

When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.

Laura Linney

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

A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.

Laura Linney

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.

Laura Linney

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

Laura Linney

I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!

Laura Linney

I love to work in all sorts of different situations.

Laura Linney

I love working closely with people.

Laura Linney

It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.

Laura Linney

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

Laura Linney

I get cold - really cold - when I travel.

Laura Linney

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

Laura Linney

Doing the right thing has power.

Laura Linney

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

Laura Linney

If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.

Laura Linney

I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.

Laura Linney

I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'

Laura Linney

Author Bio

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