179 Quotes by Laura Dern

There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side of the tracks.

To stay true to your art is such a complicated journey, and Dad clearly has done it.

There are artists or filmmakers or cinematographers who have had long careers who, maybe to reinvent themselves or just to stay in a secure place, layer it on or ham it up, if I can use that expression, or make grand choices that don't feel as authentic as what they did to make us fall in love with them in the first place.

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.

When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.

There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity.

I have a very wonderfully, bizarrely amazing relationship with my mother in that we've been through a myriad of emotions because we've acted together and played all these different kinds of mother-daughters.

Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about.

I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor.