Before I could talk, I would try to sing. Linda Cardellini More Quotes by Linda Cardellini More Quotes From Linda Cardellini I think in real life most of us don't know how to communicate our deepest feelings very well. Linda Cardellini realfeelingsthinking Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke. Linda Cardellini catholicpeoplethinking There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode. Linda Cardellini actorsjobscharacter I think you have to have a little bit of a screw loose to think that you can [become an actor] because the odds are so against you. I was just crazy enough to think I could do it. Linda Cardellini crazyoddsthinking I love to work on a set whether it's mostly men or mostly women, but there's something about being in a community of women that changes the energy. Linda Cardellini communityenergymen I like diversity; I want one character to be very different from the next. I love to live with a character for a long time if I can, but I like one character to be different from the next. Linda Cardellini diversitycharacterlong I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work. Linda Cardellini momfirststhinking I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening. Linda Cardellini momentspressuretrying One of my favorite things to do is not to speak on screen. In theater it's different because there's a lot of emphasis on language - it's a different medium. But that is one of the most wonderful things about film. A person's face can say so much more than their voice can. Linda Cardellini favorites-thingsvoicefaces People who have no idea it's me when they first see me playing something, and later they realize, 'That's her from whatever it is,' it's a great compliment that they can forget. Linda Cardellini peopleideasfirsts I remember when I took the role on E.R., I thought, 'I haven't really been able to play a working class woman. I've played girls, I've played funny, but I haven't played a working class woman. That sounds like something I'd like to do. Linda Cardellini girlplayclass I think the hardest thing about the part is the responsibility that you feel playing something that is so real and resonant in our times. There are people coming home right now with those stories, and I'm just an actress pretending to be that person. You hope that you can shed some light on somebody's predicament. Linda Cardellini realresponsibilityhome When I was a kid, 'Scooby Doo' was, hands down, my favorite cartoon. Even when I was older, when I was in college studying and I needed to tune out for a while, I'd watch 'Scooby Doo. Linda Cardellini collegekidshands You know, the hard thing about audiences not liking what a character does is that they sometimes take it out on the actor personally. That's something that you know when you become an actor or actress, but it's always hard to deal with when it actually happens. Linda Cardellini actressesdoecharacter I have sort of the career where, if you are a fan, you've been following me for a while, and you really like something that I've done, so meeting those people is always a really gracious experience. Linda Cardellini fanscareerspeople I think some of the most important things we read about other people occurs from being able to read their faces and their eyes and their body and those kinds of things. Linda Cardellini eyepeoplethinking I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam. Linda Cardellini amsterdamswitzerland The one thing about being on 'ER' that has changed is that I'm more easily recognizable. Linda Cardellini one-thingchanged I always had something to think about or draw from, which as an actor is a gift. The beautiful thing about film is that it gets so much closer than stage. I love stage and that's what I started doing and it's a beautiful art form in of itself, but in film you can move your eyes to the side and somehow the audience can fill in the blanks of what you're thinking. Linda Cardellini beautifulartmoving Yes, I'm very close to my family. And being that close to your family, I think you also struggle with how to become your own person. Linda Cardellini my-familystrugglethinking
