I Still Have A Lot To Learn.

What Do You Say When Someone Has Truly Inspired You? How Do You Express To An Artist How Deeply Their Work Has Affected You?

I Made A Commitment To Myself: That I Wanted To Be An Actress, And I Wanted To Do Films That Make A Difference. Whether It Makes Someone Laugh, Or It Has A Moral To The Story - It Doesn't Have To Be An Ethical Film, But It Has To Move People. If It Doesn't Excite Me, It's Not Worth Doing - It's Better To Work On Myself And My Own Life And Wait Until Another Great Thing Comes Along.

I Was Raised By An Actress, And I Watched All Those Women Turn 60 And Ask, "should I Get Face Work?" And My Mother And Anne Bancroft Said To Each Other, "we Are Who We Are, And We're Not Going To Fall Into That."

I Went To A Catholic School. The Private School Was Good - The Teachers Wanted All Of Us To Have The Freedom To Think For Ourselves. The Education Was Good At The Catholic School, But You Only Got That One Ideology.

I Do Think My Mother Was A Bit Overprotective, Not In Any Sordid Way, But Just Normally. She Certainly Might Say To Me, "you Know, Laura, I Don't Have A Good Feeling About That Guy. I Don't Know If I Want You To Go Out With Him."