Quotes by Laura Dern

“I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my boyfriend [Billy Bob Thorton] got married, and Ive never heard from him again.”

“I just love, I love, I love movies.”

“Its really fun to act like a bimbo. But its fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really arent one”

I was raised in the 70s, and Ive worked with people I love, and Ive been on sets with my parents, with people who run a set and require of actors a sense of liberty and freedom and exploration and failure into brave achievement.

Growth doesnt hurt. This is what Ive learned. In the end, it doesnt hurt. It hurts while its happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, its not a bad - not a bad thing to try for.

What a cool job to be part of - whether its doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. Youre part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and thats super exciting to me.

People now tell me its a good thing I stayed away from teen films. Well, it wasnt my choice. I wasnt hired.

I have a very wonderfully, bizarrely amazing relationship with my mother in that weve been through a myriad of emotions because weve acted together and played all these different kinds of mother-daughters.

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

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

Diet is weird. Its elusive. I just try to listen to my body.

Me and Woody Harrelson, were twins. Were the same person. I should only make movies with him.

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

Jealousy is a scary thing.

Going to the Academy Awards is something I remember since I was six, when I went with my mom for the first time, 14 with my dad, you know, and there I am, at 22, 23, whatever I was, sitting next to my mom. You know, and then again, there with my dad. Like, theres a beauty to it, and I care deeply about film history.

I knew I wanted to become an actor when I was 7 years old. My dad was working with Alfred Hitchcock, my mom was working with Martin Scorsese - and it was the great summer of my childhood.

I feel so lucky to have a mom who is not only an extraordinary actor but someone who is game enough to not worry about our relationship versus what we play in movies or television.

I think my mom exposed me to the concept of using your voice for anything you care about.

If youre looking to be loved for a part, its great and enticing to be adorable in a romantic comedy. But then, as an actor, you get stuck.

Im moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.