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I love Laura Linney


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.”

…

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 as

Edith 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.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:39 am March 16th, 2008 in Culture, Women, Writing 

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2 Responses to “I love Laura Linney”

  1. 1 Kimberly Kootsouradis on March 16th, 2008 12:03 pm

    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.

  2. 2 Kimberly Kootsouradis on March 16th, 2008 12:04 pm

    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. :)

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