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I grew up in Manhattan on the Upper East Side. (Laura Linney)
I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that. View quote
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I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person. View quote
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I crave a cone of silence every once in while. View quote
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Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships. View quote
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Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show. View quote
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I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word. View quote
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I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship. View quote
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I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress. View quote
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At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them. View quote
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I get cold - really cold - when I travel. (Laura Linney)
I have a bag with a toothbrush and toothpaste and all the things I might need during the day. I call the bag my trailer. Sometimes you don't have a trailer, so that's my trailer. View quote
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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first. View quote
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I love working closely with people. View quote
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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. View quote
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I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word. View quote
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I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody. View quote
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My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence. View quote
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I'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place. View quote
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I don't consider myself a celebrity, and I don't consider myself a star. View quote
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with. (Laura Linney)
I could have gone to the gym for three hours a day and bought into all that, but I just wasn't interested. View quote
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You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it. View quote
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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. View quote
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History's a resource. View quote
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