Laura Linney

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.

I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.

All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

Barack Obama is crazy sexy.

My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books - not because those readers are dumber than past readers, but because today's reader is smarter.