I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.
Laura LinneyAt school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.
Laura LinneyI get very, very, very irritable with people who complain about getting old, because I know a lot of people who would gladly trade places with us. I'm not saying it's easy, I'm not saying it doesn't hurt your feelings, I'm not saying it's not painful - and physically as well as mentally and spiritually - and it's frightening at times. However, people have really lost perspective, and it's a really bizarre topic of conversation that it's become a cultural peg in our world that aging is a bad thing. It's not logical to me.
Laura Linney