Laura Linney
Laura Linney
Laura Leggett Linneyis an American actress. A three-time Academy Award nominee and three-time Tony Award nominee, she won her first Emmy Award in 2002 for Wild Iris, and had subsequent wins for Frasierand John Adams. From 2010–13, she starred in the Showtime series The Big C, which won her a fourth Emmy in 2013. She is also a two-time Golden Globe Award winner...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth5 February 1964
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own pain. You have to be careful about that, because 9 times out of 10, your pain is not appropriate to the character.
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.
The thing about death is that it's honest. I go to things that have a core of honesty about them and there's nothing more honest than death.
Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange.
To be too knowing is a downfall.
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.
I'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place.
I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
Ask "why" until there is no more "why."
I get cold - really cold - when I travel.
The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.
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.
I could have gone to the gym for three hours a day and bought into all that, but I just wasn't interested.
I don't consider myself a celebrity, and I don't consider myself a star.