Linda Cardellini Quotes

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

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

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

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.

We hurt each other because we care about each other.

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.

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.

I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.

The one thing about being on 'ER' that has changed is that I'm more easily recognizable.

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.

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.

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.

Before I could talk, I would try to sing.

I enjoy playing characters where I get to sort of change my look, my voice. It's not about what she wears, it's about what she's got inside.

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.

I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years.

Everything seems to take on a new meaning when you become a parent and you put yourself in the shoes of the parent, not the shoes of the child.

I think some of the most important things we read about other people occurs from being able to read their faces and their eyes and their body and those kinds of things.

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.

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.

I think you have to have a little bit of a screw loose to think that you can [become an actor] because the odds are so against you. I was just crazy enough to think I could do it.

I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening.

Just because someone isn't working at an office doesn't mean they're not working hard at something.

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.

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.

You can be a woman in charge of a production and still be generous and kind and insightful and decisive without being considered a butch in any way.