16 Quotes by Laila Robins

'Heartbreak House' was a lot of fun for me. I must have missed that day at school. I'd never read it or seen it. It's one of those things that a lot of people are familiar with.

Because I was from the Midwest and untrained, I was completely open and ready to try anything. Many of my classmates were cynical and jaded; some already had conservatory training, and they were there simply to get that Yale stamp of approval, which they saw as a career stepping-stone.

A lot of times you come against actors who come from a different direction, and you tend to meet in the middle.

I feel very close to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders.

I often feel that when people have affairs, it has more to do with something they're searching for in themselves than anything else.

I've paid my dues in the classical trenches.

It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.

Often I play, especially on television, a lot of smart lawyer people and cerebral types.

Tennessee Williams is an incredible writer for women because, in many ways, his women characters are him. He writes so passionately.