Laura Dern Quotes

I like to play people who are deeply flawed, and I want to find the good nature in them. I even try to be kind to myself when I've made big mistakes.

Laura Dern

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 10, 1967

Topics

NatureGoodMyselfBe KindMistakes

We lived in Colorado, and my parents were outdoorsy mountain people. My father would always say, 'Go out and don't come back until you have something to show me.' Which meant he wanted me to come back with a scraped knee or an injury. When I went out to play, I felt like I'd better get hurt.

Jessica Biel

FatherMountainParentsPeopleMe

Commercial movies have no feeling, no sensitivity. Most people tell me people won't understand films with feeling. But everyone can feel.

John Cassavetes

PeopleMeFeelFeelingUnderstand

My mother used to stop me from going to DJ battles. I'd, like, cry, get really upset.

Statik Selektah

MotherMeDJStopCryUpset

I love dressing up. I like going out and buying some crazy stuff. I like stuff that's new, innovative and weird. I just pick out stuff that is unique and anything that I'm really diggin'. I don't really care if it's kind of out there. That's what I'm about. I like picking stuff that is really different.

Roshon Fegan

LoveCrazyCareWeirdUniqueNew

When you line up on the track, you want to have done your homework, be aware of what they are capable of. You think about everything. It's like taking a journey, innit?

Mo Farah

JourneyThinkHomeworkYouDoneUp

You have to understand who your customer is and her motivations and marry it to what's happening in the outside world.

Mindy Grossman

WorldCustomerYouUnderstandHer

In the creative industries, there are few things more exciting than a zinger - a thought, idea, line, plot device - anything really, that just totally works in a fundamentally new and fresh way. It's like a uniquely lovely melody or a new taste idea in cooking. Something special, something new, something wonderful. They're also very rare.

Jasper Fforde

CookingCreativeThoughtNewWay

I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.

Joseph Barbera

LightDayLongCreateAcceptWill

We're always on the search for a novel or a source or an existing screenplay, or writing something ourselves that turns us on. But because films cost a lot of money to make and a huge amount of effort to get the people to rally, you have to really like it; you can't just semi-like it. Getting to 'really like' is the part that takes the minute.

Debra Granik

MoneyEffortPeopleWritingSearch

I was surprised to find that I missed doing the musical.

Delta Burke

DoingFindMissedSurprisedMusical

Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime.

Christopher Hitchens

DayPeopleDieEvery DayGoGot

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

Aristotle

LifeWeaknessFriendsPovertyYoung

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