Laura Linney

The entertainment industry is terrified of silence.

I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy.

The good thing is that I'm always honest.

I don't think I'm exactly gregarious, you know. I'm not usually known as the loud person in the room.

I'm noise-sensitive. It's always better for me if things are quiet, so I can concentrate.

I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it.

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

I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star.

At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.

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

I can scarcely stand to have a manicure. I have to have them because you don't want to look like a disgusting human being - it's self-care and it has to happen, but I get very restless.

I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!