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
Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.
I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.
The (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) stories were great, for one. The thing that makes him a remarkable character is how he can withstand all of these different interpretations and different styles and, that's what makes a classic character a classic character; they keep coming back and you see them in a new way every time.
I grew up in Manhattan on the Upper East Side.
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."
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.
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.
We all have a limited amount and that it's a privilege to grow old. That's something that I think a lot of people have forgotten in this very fast-paced world where youth is overly celebrate.
I don't consider myself a celebrity, and I don't consider myself a star.
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.
I could have gone to the gym for three hours a day and bought into all that, but I just wasn't interested.