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

To be too knowing is a downfall.

— Laura Linney

History's a resource.

— Laura Linney

Doing the right thing has power.

— Laura Linney

Courtroom dramas can be boring.

— Laura Linney

I love 70's music.

— Laura Linney

Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange.

— Laura Linney

That's my favorite food group: donut. I love the donut.

— Laura Linney

I just have to concentrate on doing what I do.

— Laura Linney

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

— Laura Linney

I get cold - really cold - when I travel.

— Laura Linney

The good thing is that I'm always honest.

— Laura Linney

The thing about death is that it's honest.

— Laura Linney

I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.

— Laura Linney

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

— 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

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

— 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'm always curious, but I'm learning things I never thought I'd learn. I get to travel to places I never thought I'd…

— Laura Linney

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

— Laura Linney

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

— 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 enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches…

— Laura Linney

When you're dying, you're liberated to do what you want to do. You give yourself permission. I think everyone's experience with a…

— Laura Linney

I can scarcely stand to have a manicure. I have to have them because you don't want to look like a disgusting…

— Laura Linney

I love to work in all sorts of different situations. I think you learn a lot, which is why I try not…

— Laura Linney

I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically,…

— 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…

— Laura Linney

I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it,…

— 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…

— Laura Linney

Our culture is set up on a feud mentality, or a "Housewives" mentality, that women just fight. And it's such a shallow…

— 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

It was so soon after I'd had my son and I really wasn't planning on going back to work for a while.…

— 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

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

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

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