Laura Linney

I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word.

The thing about death is that it's honest.

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

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.

People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point.

The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.

I'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place.