A biography for Laura Dernhasn’t been written yet.
“It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say.”
“It's my deepest interest as an actor: I love discovering how human beings work, how their flaws reveal themselves - how to learn and grow from that - and how characters teach me things as a woman and as a parent.”
“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.”
“There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.”
“I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.”
“I love being in my 40s.”
“I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.”
“I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with.”
“Unfortunately, I was making comedies in my 20s, but other people didn't realize they were comedies.”
“I resent ever being stereotyped.”
“It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.'”
“David Lynch is like that - every sound, every detail to the end of making the film, he never gives up. It has to be perfect.”
“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.”
“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 care a lot about big food and everyone's right to healthy, nutritious food and what's caused obesity in America and obesity in children in America.”
“At 12, turned 13, made a movie with Sex Pistols and The Clash. Learned about a lot of things I never knew and hope will never know again. Don't know how my parents let me do that.”
“Like anything else, acting can become boring - a chore, really - if there isn't any challenge. And I like taking challenges. Just when people think they have me figured out, I like to surprise them.”
“I'm a natural blonde. I was a towhead as a kid, and then it got ashier when I was 18.”
“The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done.”
“My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.”