Linda Cardellini famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Switzerland #Amsterdam
There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Jobs #Character #Actors
I have sort of the career where, if you are a fan, you've been following me for a while, and you really like something that I've done, so meeting those people is always a really gracious experience.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Careers #People #Fans
I like diversity; I want one character to be very different from the next. I love to live with a character for a long time if I can, but I like one character to be different from the next.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Character #Long #Diversity
I remember when I took the role on E.R., I thought, 'I haven't really been able to play a working class woman. I've played girls, I've played funny, but I haven't played a working class woman. That sounds like something I'd like to do.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Girl #Class #Play
One of my favorite things to do is not to speak on screen. In theater it's different because there's a lot of emphasis on language - it's a different medium. But that is one of the most wonderful things about film. A person's face can say so much more than their voice can.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Voice #Different #Faces
One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Writing #People #Giving
People who have no idea it's me when they first see me playing something, and later they realize, 'That's her from whatever it is,' it's a great compliment that they can forget.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Ideas #People #Firsts
When I was a kid, 'Scooby Doo' was, hands down, my favorite cartoon. Even when I was older, when I was in college studying and I needed to tune out for a while, I'd watch 'Scooby Doo.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Kids #College #Hands
The one thing about being on 'ER' that has changed is that I'm more easily recognizable.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Changed
I think in real life most of us don't know how to communicate our deepest feelings very well.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Real #Thinking #Feelings
I love to work on a set whether it's mostly men or mostly women, but there's something about being in a community of women that changes the energy.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Men #Community #Energy
I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Mother #Daughter #Pregnancy
After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Real #Actresses #Kind
I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Brother #Kids #Shy
I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years.
-- Linda Cardellini

#School #Thinking #Years
Yes, I'm very close to my family. And being that close to your family, I think you also struggle with how to become your own person.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Struggle #Thinking #My Family
I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Mom #Thinking #Firsts
Before I could talk, I would try to sing.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Trying
Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Thinking #People #Catholic
You know, the hard thing about audiences not liking what a character does is that they sometimes take it out on the actor personally. That's something that you know when you become an actor or actress, but it's always hard to deal with when it actually happens.
-- Linda Cardellini

#Character #Doe #Actors

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