When you’re first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it’s slightly daunting. It’s easy to question, ‘Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?’ Laura Dern Read Quote
I worked with HBO on ‘Recount,’ and we had a wonderful experience together. I’m such a fan of HBO and how much flexibility they give in character as well as schedule. Laura Dern Read Quote
When you’re playing someone who has a strong ego about themselves, you can’t play them when you have the opposite opinion of the one they have of themselves. Laura Dern Read Quote
I think my mom exposed me to the concept of using your voice for anything you care about. Laura Dern Read Quote
Going to the Academy Awards is something I remember since I was six, when I went with my mom for the first time, 14 with my dad, you know, and there I am, at 22, 23, whatever I was, sitting next to my mom. You know, and then again, there with my dad. Like, there’s a beauty to it, and I care deeply about film history. Laura Dern Read Quote
It’s interesting to play a real-life person who has already been a character on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ Laura Dern Read Quote
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. Laura Dern Read Quote
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. Laura Dern Read Quote
Sometimes my family got me in the door. Somebody would say, ‘Bruce Dern’s daughter – sure I’d like to meet her.’ It was a point of interest. But after five minutes of talking about my father, I still had to read for the part. Laura Dern Read Quote
If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But they really are artists; they intelligently approach each character and prepare in every sense of the word. I grew up in a world that had great discipline. Laura Dern Read Quote
