Laura Dern Quotations

It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.

There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side of the tracks

I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket.

We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that

There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults.

I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.

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

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?

I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say

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

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

It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents

That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love

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

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.

I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.

I'm lucky enough that directors sometimes seek me out for little projects that people don't even know about, that just surface later on.

Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes

I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films.

I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want to be, and also have love, not only for ourselves but from a partner.

I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been marketed by the big studios to do mass market box office films.

Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.

My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.

You can hardly tell where the computer models finish and the real dinosaurs begin

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

You can change. And you can be an agent of change.

I just love, I love, I love movies.

If my career were a hairstyle, it would be helmet-head.

You don't have to run away from life your whole life. You can really live. You can change. And you can be an agent of change.

I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that.

I've always loved film more than theater.

Luckily, I was raised by people whod already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didnt want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.

My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother

There is so much in the world to care about.

I love to rescue animals.... The pounds were so crowded they were putting animals down almost immediately. Seven thousand dogs were put to sleep.