Quotes by 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."

"It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know."

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

"I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff."

"People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point."

"What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better."

"People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point."

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

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

"Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor."

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

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

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

"My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'"

"I love 70's music."

"I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home."

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

"History's a resource."

"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."

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

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

"I get cold - really cold - when I travel."

"Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth."

"I had a good imagination and I still have one a child-like imagination that hasn't gone away."

"Doing the right thing has power."

"The thing about death is that it's honest."

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

"My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them."

"I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word."

"I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have."