As someone who has been asked to ask David Lynch what his movies mean for 25 years, I'm very careful about asking artists what their art means. Laura Dern More Quotes by Laura Dern More Quotes From Laura Dern I love to rescue animals.... The pounds were so crowded they were putting animals down almost immediately. Seven thousand dogs were put to sleep. Laura Dern dog sleep animal I would say Steven Spielberg is family to me. He's a genius. We survived a hurricane together. I ran from half-puppet,half-nothing creatures. It was months of our life as family. It was the wildest film, Jurassic Park, I'd ever worked on that way. Laura Dern jurassic-park genius together 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 play giving character I went to a Catholic school. The private school was good - the teachers wanted all of us to have the freedom to think for ourselves. The education was good at the Catholic school, but you only got that one ideology. Laura Dern teacher school thinking Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly. Laura Dern get-real ugly people There is so much in the world to care about. Laura Dern care world 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 inspired affected artist Private boarding schools and Catholic schools on the East Coast are something. Choate really ruined my father's life. He's had nightmares about Choate every since he went there. Treat Williams, who's a good friend, went to Kent School, in Connecticut. The stories I've heard about those places - didn't you have one nun who was just the worst nightmare? Laura Dern good-friend catholic school You don't have to run away from life your whole life. You can really live. You can change. And you can be an agent of change. Laura Dern agents whole-life running I love comedy. David's Lynch the only person I've worked with more than once who sees me as a specific thing - he sees me as the sexy bimbo, in ways, and he also sees me as Lucille Ball. Actually, Nick Cage and I did Lucy and Ricky in two scenes in Wild at heart that were cut because the movie was four hours long. Laura Dern sexy cutting heart I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor. Whatever people are struggling with, the struggle is often where the drama is. Laura Dern struggle drama people People have forever been interested in twins. Laura Dern twins forever people I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. It's not like, "I don't make studio films; I work for David Lynch and maybe a few American Playhouse directors, but that's it" - I'd love to do a box-office hit. Laura Dern film Whether a movie part comes to me or I seek it out, there's always this journey to darkness through light, or vice versa; that element has been in almost everything I've done. Laura Dern done journey darkness The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour Laura Dern courageous behaviour humans What about good small roles for women? I've told my agent, if there are two great scenes in a film, I don't care, if it's something with that great edge to it. Laura Dern film care scene We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that Laura Dern firefighter work-out hero It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say Laura Dern strange-world strange world 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 revolutionary artist want It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents, so Wild at Heart was a wish come true. The first day we did a scene together I came down the stairs and my mom pointed that finger at me: "Don't you dare talk to that boy again!" You know, I've seen that finger for 23 years. And I started laughing, she started laughing, then the whole crew broke up - in that moment, they all knew that she and I had been there before. Laura Dern mom heart boys
