Laura Linney

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Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

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.

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.

I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.

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.

The thing about death is that it's honest.

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

I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.

I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.

My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'

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

People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point.

History's a resource.

The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

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

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.

I had a good imagination and I still have one a child-like imagination that hasn't gone away.

My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.