Laura Linney

To be too knowing is a downfall.

I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.

You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.

I had a good imagination and I still have one a child-like imagination that hasn't gone away.

I get cold - really cold - when I travel.

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.

A magnetic personality doesn't necessarily indicate a good heart.

It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.