A biography for Laura Dernhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm 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.”
“I was raised Catholic, and my grandmother taught me to stay. As a teenager, I thought if you went on a date, you should stay for a couple of years. I didn't realize that if he wasn't your cup of tea, you got to leave.”
“I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.”
“The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.”
“In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.”
“For people who feel things in an enormous way, it's pretty hard to live in this world.”
“I've always loved film more than theater.”
“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've seen 3-D movies where it seems a little crude or too in-your-face.”
“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.”
“That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love.”
“Decision-making is very scary for me.”
“All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.”
“Anybody you make a movie with when you're 12 and they're 14, you're going to know them your whole life.”
“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.”
“Sadly, half of marriages end in divorce. Half of my girl friends and male friends have been through one, and their kids are doing great. There's no shame around it - unless you want to project that on to yourself - but certainly there's no longer cultural shame. Everyone is walking through it.”
“Love means a lot to me, and I love loving, and I love boys.”
“My daughter wants to do yoga with me and wants to be in the theater thing, and I can't tell her, 'Don't be an actress.' My son loves guitar and loves to be in a band and wants his iTunes downloaded with all this old-school hip-hop so he understands where hip-hop came from.”
“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 certainly wouldn't mind if 'Jurassic Park' turns out to be commercially successful, and somebody says, 'Hey, you were in a box-office hit, and if you want to do another movie, we'll give you five million dollars to make it.'”