Laura Linney- Page 2
Laura Linney
roquat
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/25/05
#25re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 5:02pmTake heed, youngsters--this lady will work FOREVER. She happily takes lead, character, supporting, and cameo parts with equal ease; she doesn't make a pain of herself, so everyone wants to work with her; and she has no ego. She'll be around long after the Jessicas and Britneys of our time have flared out. Of course, she must also have phenomenal luck--she seems to do only the projects she wants to do, and she always does them well. I can't recall a single bad performance (even in dreck like CONGO.)
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#26re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 5:05pmI honestly cannot think of another working actor today of whom I cannot honestly say that I've never seen give a bad performance, regardless of the quality of the film or stage production. She's a marvel.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#27re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 5:34pm
I think Kate Winslet is the only other major film actress of her generation that matches her in terms of quality, talent, charm, beauty, and star wattage.
What Linney does that reminds me of Streep is her ability to do funny films like THE NANNY DIARIES, take supporting roles like she did in KINSEY, do a TV guest-starring role, and carry an intensely dramatic movie with the same ease and talent. I truly admire that.
She is also committed to her stage career which is quite exciting.
Donna Murphy mentions in an interview that she has been friends with Linney for a while, and that the scene they shared in NANNY DIARIES is what she calls "the no-acting needed" scene. How cute.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#28re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 7:04pm
"I think Kate Winslet is the only other major film actress of her generation that matches her in terms of quality, talent, charm, beauty, and star wattage."
I agree - but I'd add Cate Blanchett, as well - for all the same reasons, up-to-and-including her dedication to the stage.
Very dynamic women, all - and exciting to watch.
#29re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 7:13pmLinney is a good working actress, but does not have the star quality of someone like Winslet, who fairly leaps off the screen.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#30re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 7:19pm
I don't agree. Winslet has the tendency to get overly "actressy" in the wrong role. Linney makes everything seem like a perfect fit.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#31re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 7:21pmAnd I respectfully disagree with that. I found Linney way too uptight in You Can Always Count on Me, a film I otherwise loved, with great performances by the rest of the cast.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#32re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 7:32pm
We'll agree to disagree then. 
I need to revisit that film, too. Thanks for reminding me.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#33re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 7:35pmIt's one of my favorites.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#34re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 7:55pmShe went to the same high school as me--granted many years before me but she lived in the same dorm as me. She is without a doubt one of my favorite actresses out there today.LOVED her in NANNY DIARIES.
#35re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 7:59pm
"Linney is a good working actress, but does not have the star quality of someone like Winslet, who fairly leaps off the screen."
You'll have a hard time finding many people who agree with that statement.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#36re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:08pmOn this board perhaps, but in the rest of the world, you'd be hard-pressed to find half as many people who would remember Linney from the screen as opposed to Winslet.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#38re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:24pm
Too bad Winslet is too old to play Galinda!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#39re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:24pmI don't equate "star quality" with "level of celebrity."
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#40re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:27pmIt's not about celebrity. That's why I said "from the screen", not "from the tabloids".
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#41re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:50pmI agree with that. It's almost like Linney is too good. She almost fades into a character. I have caught myself thinking, "Oh yeah, she was in that," in response to several roles. I liked her in the Tales movies, but it was one of the cases where I loved the books so very much that the movies failed in comparison. She does have dimples you could swim in, though.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#42re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 10:38pm
You can't find her in most of her characters, that's what's so astonishing.
I don't know if I agree that Kate Winslet has the tendency to act too "actressy" in the wrong role, although I'd love to hear an example.
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
broadwaybaby086
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#43re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 10:47pm
I agree with the last few posts. Linney is not one I would necessarily call a character actress, but one of those spectacular actors where you find that you know her face but you're not quite sure why. She commands the screen when necessary, and supports when necessary. She's solid but unassuming and always provides a great performance.
I saw The Savages today and thought Linney gave a great performance (as did Philip Seymour Hoffman- as always). The story didn't particularly move me and the characters were not particularly likeable, but were well-acted.
She does need an Oscar!!! (Ditto to Kate Winslet and Julianne Moore.)
"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
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misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#44re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 10:53pmI'm in love with that movie. It captures the family dynamic like I've never seen. She and Philip were flawless.
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
broadwaybaby086
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#45re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 10:59pmIt was so depressing! Except for the dog. haha. :o)
"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God. I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God. I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
#46re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/20/08 at 11:04pm
I just saw THE SAVAGES again tonight. God what brilliance!
Linney is just magnificent. I love that she can go from hilarious to irritating to heart-breaking so seamlessly in the same film.
Hoffman was as good as it gets and Philip Bosco deserves an Oscar nomination for this role. His looks were so sad.
I wish the studio had pushed this film a bit more in terms of awards, I think Tamara Jenkins direction/screenplay, Linney, and Bosco deserve nominations for their work in this movie.
Oh and I got such a kick out of listening to Hoffman singing to Lenya's "Solomon Song." It was such a treat.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#47re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/21/08 at 6:40pm
Absolutely love her.
I rented The Hottest State this weekend. Stinkfest of a film but Linney is the one bright spot. She's flawless.
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#48re: Laura Linney
Posted: 1/13/09 at 11:11pm
We taped Linney's appearance on "The Actor's Studio" last night, and just got to see it.
I just have to, once again, say how much I respect and admire this woman. Intelligent, thoughtful, charismatic, aware - and yes, beautiful. I just couldn't like her any more than I do, and I sincerely hope that we have MANY more chances to see what she has to offer!
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