Laura shares stories from her performances in Jurassic park, Wild, Marriage Story, Blue Velvet, Mask, Little Women, Foxes, Rambling Rose, Citizen Ruth, Recount, and Big Little Lies in this interview on her acting career. She discusses working with David Lynch, avoiding being typecast, and gives advice for expressing physicality and building challenging characters. This Q&A moderated by Stacey Wilson Hunt is part of the SAG-AFTRA Conversations series, an essential resource for actors, filmmakers and students of discussions with performers, exploring the process and profession of acting.
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0:00 - Intro
1:45 - Childhood and Family
6:41 - First Stage Performance / Interest in Acting
9:19 - Foxes (1980)
12:40 - Mask (1985) and “Brat Pack Films”
19:49 - Blue Velvet (1986) and David Lynch
29:33 - Rambling Rose (1991)
34:21 - Jurassic Park (1993)
38:33 - Citizen Ruth (1996)
40:08 - Recount (2008)
44:23 - Wild (2014)
46:48 - Big Little Lies (2017-2019)
52:49 - The Tale (2018) and Harassment
59:05 - Marriage Story (2019), Little Women (2019) and Typecasting
1:02:47 - Support From Parents
1:06:10 - Most Challenging Character
1:07:11 - Physicality in Characters
1:09:25 - Hardest Day on Jurassic Park