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. – Laura Linney
If there’s one thing that I’ve done on purpose it’s to take whatever job, so long as it’s interesting and challenging, whether it’s theatre, radio, TV or film. – 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
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
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 a good imagination and I still have one; a child-like imagination that hasn’t gone away. – 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
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 just want to say, ‘Go work! It doesn’t matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!’ – Laura Linney
I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress. – Laura Linney
What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships. – Laura Linney
People’s view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point. – 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
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’m not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place. – 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
You know when someone’s over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can’t believe it. – Laura Linney
