Laura Dern quotes

Laura Dern is an acclaimed American actress known for her diverse film and television roles. Her performances in movies such as "Jurassic Park," "Blue Velvet," and the hit series "Big Little Lies" have earned her international recognition and numerous awards. She continues to inspire audiences with her talent, versatility, and powerful screen presence. Here are 40 of her quotes:

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.

Laura Dern

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

Laura Dern

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

Laura Dern

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

Laura Dern

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

Laura Dern

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.

Laura Dern

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

Laura Dern

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.

Laura Dern

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

Laura Dern

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

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

Laura Dern

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

Laura Dern

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

Laura Dern

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.

Laura Dern

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.

Laura Dern

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.

Laura Dern

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

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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.

Laura Dern

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.

Laura Dern

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.

Laura Dern

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

Laura Dern

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.

Laura Dern