173 Quotes by Laura Linney

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.

All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.

Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.

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.

Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.

I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.

I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.

At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.

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