American - Actress | February 5, 1964 -
Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange.
Laura Linney
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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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.
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I can scarcely stand to have a manicure. I have to have them because you don't want to look like a disgusting human being - it's self-care and it has to happen, but I get very restless.
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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.
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own pain. You have to be careful about that, because 9 times out of 10, your pain is not appropriate to the character.
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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 Dern.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first.
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