I find that things don't bother me as much. If I had a bad day on set, it sort of just rolls of my back in a way that it didn't before. So that's where the biggest difference is, stuff that used to get under my skin or that I would worry about or be anxious about just isn't a problem. So in some ways, having a child has been very liberating. I found it very liberating.
Laura LinneyI 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.
Laura LinneyAt school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.
Laura LinneyPeople's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point.
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