A biography for Laura Linneyhasn’t been written yet.
“I love working closely with people.”
“Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.”
“All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.”
“I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have.”
“I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.”
“I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy.”
“I'm lucky because I don't like being in the sun a whole lot, just because the repercussions for me - I feel it, I go very red.”
“What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better.”
“When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.”
“I get cold - really cold - when I travel.”
“People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point.”
“I had a good imagination and I still have one; a child-like imagination that hasn't gone away.”
“I'm noise-sensitive. It's always better for me if things are quiet, so I can concentrate.”
“I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person.”
“I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.”
“Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.”
“I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody.”
“You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.”
“The thing about death is that it's honest.”
“I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!”