Laura Dern quotes

'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.

My dad taught me to never be pigeonholed; to really allow yourself to reinvent characters as they reinvent you; to be bold and to be willing to play seemingly unlikeable people.

'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.

Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.

Diet is weird. It's elusive. I just try to listen to my body.

People now tell me it's a good thing I stayed away from teen films. Well, it wasn't my choice. I wasn't hired.

I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.

I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other.

The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.

Growth doesn't hurt. This is what I've learned. In the end, it doesn't hurt. It hurts while it's happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, it's not a bad - not a bad thing to try for.

Jealousy is a scary thing.

I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.

When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble.

Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about.