The one thing about being on 'ER' that has changed is that I'm more easily recognizable. Linda Cardellini More Quotes by Linda Cardellini More Quotes From Linda Cardellini After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things. Linda Cardellini actresses kind real I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive. Linda Cardellini daughter mother pregnancy I enjoy playing characters where I get to sort of change my look, my voice. It's not about what she wears, it's about what she's got inside. Linda Cardellini voice change character I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years. Linda Cardellini years school thinking One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you. Linda Cardellini writing giving people I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room. Linda Cardellini shy brother kids I think when things happen in our lives that we can't truly understand why they destroy us, it's because we can't truly understand or communicate it to anyone else. And that is what is destructive - you can't communicate it to the people that you love and it makes things deteriorate. Or you're hiding from yourself, or you're hiding from somebody else, and that was really fascinating to me... that life isn't like the movies and you can't always point to one thing and explain why you did things that ended up hurting you. Linda Cardellini hurt people thinking Regardless of how you feel about war and peace those serving military are doing a duty for the rest of us and they're protecting a way of life that they sometimes come back to and it's not close to them. Linda Cardellini military sometimes war We hurt each other because we care about each other. Linda Cardellini care hurt You can be a woman in charge of a production and still be generous and kind and insightful and decisive without being considered a butch in any way. Linda Cardellini generous insightful kind I think there are great roles for women in television because there is time to allow those characters to evolve. Even if you're the wife or the girlfriend or whatever it is that we women are, playing those things on TV, they are much more drawn out and there are greater arcs for the role. The roles are more integral to the complexity of the story. Linda Cardellini girlfriend character thinking People are drawn to watching things that are dramatic. And the tighter a relationship is, the more dramatic it can be. That's something family lends itself to. Everybody has family, somewhere, somehow. Those relationships are always very complex. This takes it to almost Greek-tragedy-level heights. That's fun to watch, although it's very uncomfortable. It explores the darkest sense of family. Linda Cardellini dramatic fun people Just because someone isn't working at an office doesn't mean they're not working hard at something. Linda Cardellini office mean Everything seems to take on a new meaning when you become a parent and you put yourself in the shoes of the parent, not the shoes of the child. Linda Cardellini shoes parent children I've been very lucky to have been chosen for and to have chosen roles that are good. Some are better than others and some projects are better than others, whether it's female or male characters. There's still more that we can do and there's still more stories to be told. I would love to see more female-driven projects in general. Linda Cardellini female lucky character Life keeps moving, and to try to stay still is like trying to hold grains of sand in your hand. Linda Cardellini your sand life moving I've always loved donuts. I can't go near one or eat one, because then I'm just done for. I always want more. Linda Cardellini loved go done want I started in theatre, moved into film and television, and started doing voice work, which is funny because after a long time in film and television, you forget how much you rely on just a simple look on your face. Linda Cardellini simple work time funny I was extremely close with my parents. Breaking away from that is a double-edged sword: It's something you need to do, but it's hard to cut the apron strings. Linda Cardellini sword need parents you I think, you know, actors rely on each other all the time. Linda Cardellini think know you time
