We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.

Quote by Laura Dern

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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first...

My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first...

I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been...

I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been...

It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents.

It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents.

I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.

I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to...

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to...

I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David...

I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David...

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great...

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great...

I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people...

I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people...

When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble.

When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble.

That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love.

That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love.

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

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

I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my...

I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my...

There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side...

There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side...

I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and...

I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and...

I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and...

I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and...

Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing...

Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing...

I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want...

I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want...

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

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

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

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...

Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself...