Top 28 Quotes by Laura Dern

I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket.

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.

'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults.

Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about.

It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say.

I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?

I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other.