Laura Linney

To be too knowing is a downfall.

— Laura Linney

History's a resource.

— Laura Linney

I love 70's music.

— Laura Linney

Courtroom dramas can be boring.

— Laura Linney

Doing the right thing has power.

— Laura Linney

I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy.

— Laura Linney

I certainly didn't have a nanny.

— Laura Linney

I love working closely with people.

— Laura Linney

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

— Laura Linney

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

— Laura Linney

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

— Laura Linney

I love to work in all sorts of different situations.

— Laura Linney

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

— Laura Linney

Ask "why" until there is no more "why."

— Laura Linney

Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.

— Laura Linney

A magnetic personality doesn't necessarily indicate a good heart.

— Laura Linney

I think everybody handles things very differently and you can conjecture, but until you're put in that situation, you really don't know.

— Laura Linney

I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.

— 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'm lucky because I don't like being in the sun a whole lot, just because the repercussions for me - I feel…

— Laura Linney

My parents were divorced and I didn't grow up with my father, but I spent a lot of time around him, and…

— Laura Linney

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

— 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 Linney

At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.

— Laura Linney

I know what people want to hear is the connection with the son, Roger, when you have a child. I would love…

— Laura Linney

Most scripts are written to be green lit. They're not written to be acted. And a lot of writers with the greatest…

— 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…

— 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,…

— Laura Linney

But I've also spread my net very wide. If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job,…

— Laura Linney

I have a bag with a toothbrush and toothpaste and all the things I might need during the day. I call the…

— Laura Linney

Things get complicated at times, so there are certainly moments when you wish your life were different. That's true for everybody, not…

— Laura Linney

What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self…

— Laura Linney

I find that things don't bother me as much. If I had a bad day on set, it sort of just rolls…

— Laura Linney

The (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) stories were great, for one. The thing that makes him a remarkable character is how he can…

— Laura Linney

I know that actors and actresses have a great reputation for being very, very selfish, and in some cases, that's very true.…

— Laura Linney

Where I did feel a difference is learning to just work in a different way so that your resources are not completely…

— Laura Linney

I get very, very, very irritable with people who complain about getting old, because I know a lot of people who would…

— Laura Linney

There's something grueling but very appealing about rough, to-the-bone material in a low budget context. There's less between you and the material.…

— Laura Linney

Theater is the foundation of how I live my life, actually. My father was a playwright, so I was around it all…

— Laura Linney

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…

— Laura Linney