173 Quotes by Laura Linney

You know when someone’s over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can’t believe it.

Fame didn’t happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It’s a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it’s a way to survive and get closer to the truth.

It is always good to explore the stuff you don’t agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn’t know.

I love actors, regardless of where they are in their skill level. There’s something terribly satisfying about working with someone who’s really learning.

I get cold – really cold – when I travel.

It’s always nice when you do something and it’s well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously.

When your life is being threatened there’s an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.

When you’re dying, you’re liberated to do what you want to do. You give yourself permission. I think everyone’s experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they’re living and the relationships that they have.