173 Quotes by Laura Linney

We all have a limited amount and that it’s a privilege to grow old. That’s something that I think a lot of people have forgotten in this very fast-paced world where youth is overly celebrate.

What I love about a play is that it’s such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

I think everyone’s journey through this crazy, weird, wild, wonderful area of work named acting is really their own. And if you’re going for something that isn’t yours, you’re wasting time. You could be focused on your own work instead of thinking about somebody else.

But I’ve also spread my net very wide. 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.

I’m not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place.

Things get complicated at times, so there are certainly moments when you wish your life were different. That’s true for everybody, not just people in our profession. But there’s nothing I feel like I gave up professionally. I’m absolutely doing what I enjoy.

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!

What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I’ll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better.

My parents were divorced and I didn’t grow up with my father, but I spent a lot of time around him, and his influence on me has been profound.