Laura Linney is gracing the small screen on Showtime's new dramedy "The Big C," where she plays a woman diagnosed with Stage 4 skin cancer. Linney recently spoke with More magazine about mortality and growing old gracefully.
About mortality: "I have a lot of friends who've died way too young. And I'm a little angry about it. It makes me very upset at the whole viewpoint that there's something wrong with aging when it's a privilege to grow old."
About one good friend she lost, actress Natasha Richardson: Richardson's tragic skiing accident in March 2009 "changed all of our lives. Those of us who knew and loved her and benefited from the incredible talent and we'll never be the same."
About the difficult decision to get married in May 2009, so soon after Richardson's death: "We actually thought about postponing the wedding. She would have been there. Of all my friends, she...
About mortality: "I have a lot of friends who've died way too young. And I'm a little angry about it. It makes me very upset at the whole viewpoint that there's something wrong with aging when it's a privilege to grow old."
About one good friend she lost, actress Natasha Richardson: Richardson's tragic skiing accident in March 2009 "changed all of our lives. Those of us who knew and loved her and benefited from the incredible talent and we'll never be the same."
About the difficult decision to get married in May 2009, so soon after Richardson's death: "We actually thought about postponing the wedding. She would have been there. Of all my friends, she...
- 8/16/2010
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- Pop2it
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