Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper. Laura Dern More Quotes by Laura Dern More Quotes From Laura Dern It's interesting to talk to my mom about her character in Wild at heart, because she sees her as a mother who's just trying to protect her baby from a bad boy. I think that's why it works so beautifully - she has conviction about what she's doing. Laura Dern mommotherbaby It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film. Laura Dern stylefilmwould-be 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 hollywoodofficestars When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble Laura Dern troublemen The actors are telling the truth on some level, and people have to believe it. At Cannes, a lot of people said, "Oh, shocking," but this Italian girl said to me, "My god, I just said that to my boyfriend the other night." That's what Lula from Wild at hearts talks about. That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love. Laura Dern girlheartbelieve It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents Laura Dern minesparentdesire Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is one of the greatest films of all time. Laura Dern all-timefilm You can change. And you can be an agent of change. Laura Dern agents I just love, I love, I love movies. Laura Dern movie-theatertheatermovie-love If my career were a hairstyle, it would be helmet-head. Laura Dern cyclingcareerswould-be 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 knowsfunpeople I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit. Laura Dern boxesofficenoses Luckily, I was raised by people whod already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didnt want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job. Laura Dern differencespartyjobs I'd never done nudity in a movie; I've never sort of condoned it for myself, but David Lynch wanted it, and I was completely comfortable with it because that love story was so protected. There's never a moment where you feel anything is exploited. Laura Dern love-storymomentsdone Nick Сage and I can't make love in movie? That's scary. And our hero? Arnold Schwarzenegger? Using a body as a shield against bullets? Hey - the world's a big place, and people get away with what they get away with, but to attack David Lynch for doing things I've seen in many movies, that's weird. Laura Dern scaryheropeople I don't care, but I don't get bitter about anything as long as I can work and do the things I love. And it would be a beautiful world if those things I love and that mean something could remain as they are. Laura Dern beautifullongmean It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30s film or a movie of David's Lynch or some other director I love that could also make money, because that would say to the corporation, "Yes, you can make money and still do art." But it's tricky. Laura Dern stylefilmart 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 artistmeanart People are more willing to talk about child abuse. When this whole McMartin thing went down, I was at a dinner party with about eight people, all from different backgrounds and from all over the world. And every single person at that table had had some weird experience as a child. I think everyone has - whether it was with a babysitter, or playing doctor, but usually when some older person tries to come in contact with you. It's amazing how much we block out. Laura Dern blockpartychildren Obviously, the urge to molest children comes from some experience the person has had as a child, and he or she never worked it out. Watching Raymond Buckey describe how he loved working with the kids, I could sense this 11-year-old who'd stopped and never grown further on a sexual level. Laura Dern kidschildren
