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16
Sigh – I always have. If I ever do anything that makes anyone (John Sayles or Sam Shepard) think of making a movie about anything remotely related to me, please have Laura Linney play me?
From today’s New York Times Magazine:
Can you recite a line or two from one of her [Abigail Adams, whom Linney plays in a new HBO mini-series] letters for our benefit? “Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands.”
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You were nominated recently for your third Academy Award, for your role in
“The Savages.” People come up to me and say, “Oh, I’m so sorry you lost.” What did I lose? I didn’t lose anything. I didn’t lose a thing.That’s sane of you. What do you think of
Marion Cotillard , who just won best actress for her performance asEdith Piaf ? Of the five of us, that performance was on a whole other level. It just was.…
What was your first role? It was Mrs. Claus in a feminist version of a Christmas story. It was called “Mrs. Claus Takes Over.”
And didn’t you heart just ache for her in The Truman Show? I haven’t seen The Savages yet but I know I’m going to love her in it.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:39 am March 16th, 2008 in Culture, Women, Writing
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I absolutely have been a friend of Laura Linney for years. She is amazing and Savages was wonderful. Working in a facility with tenants that have some form of dementia made me really empathize with this movie and all of the characters in it. So moving.
Of course I meant fan, not friend. I don’t know this woman from a hole in the wall. ::Sigh:: I obviously need more coffee.