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Laura Linney

(1964) Television Actor United States

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Laura Linney is a television actor from the United States, best known for Nancy Drew #7.

Quick Facts About Laura Linney

Born: February 5, 1964
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: Nancy Drew #7

About Laura Linney

Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, five Tony Awards, and a BAFTA.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Golden Globe Awards Theatre World Award Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Crystal Award

Quotes by Laura Linney · Page 2

Doing the right thing has power.

Doing the right thing

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I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in…

Basics

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Working with special needs children is hard.

Children

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

Hope

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I love working closely with people.

Love

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

Back to work

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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.

Ageing

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People have to look to the right places for guidance. Looking at a certain type of entertainment shouldn't be where you go…

Guidance

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Some big movies are terrific, and some aren't. They're made for different reasons, and they have different impacts and they're very different…

Big movie

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I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject,…

About

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

My own

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

Asks

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To be too knowing is a downfall.

Downfall

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

Business

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When you tell people, your world changes, your identity changes and people treat you differently. And then, not only do you have…

Change

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

Behavior

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

Actors

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

Looks

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I could have gone to the gym for three hours a day and bought into all that, but I just wasn't interested.

Gone

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

Because

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

Likes

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I don't want to spend my life in my 40s feeling bad about being in my 40s, and then all of a…

Feeling bad

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What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to…

Bits

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I certainly didn't have a nanny.

Nannies

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I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person.

Bigs

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