Laurie Holden Quotes

• I think there’s a collective consciousness around the world that there are things beyond our control that have the power to annihilate us, as a species, and it’s all rather frightening.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Annihilate, Frightening

• Driving through much of the southern part of the U.S. reminds me of where I grew up in Canada. The trees, homes, sense of community… I love the South.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Community, Homes

• The beauty of ‘The Walking Dead’ and the beauty of being on a television show for a while, is that, it’s your backstory, it’s part of what you are, it’s what you carry with you every day.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Beauty

  Tags in Television, Dead

• Well, people fall in love with the wrong guy all the time, it doesn’t make them bad people.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Bad, Wrong

• It’s a really dark, emotionally wrenching world that we’ve created on ‘The Walking Dead.’

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Emotionally, Dead

• It’s a little daunting to know you’re going to take off your clothes and 16 million people are going to see it. It’s not a normal day at the office.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Million, Normal

• It’s a fun thing to do: Go to a shooting range with a buddy, knock off a few rounds, release stress.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Knock, Stress

• I’m not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Interested, Victim

• I’ve had a quite a few nightmares about being chased by walkers.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Nightmares, Quite

• I’m not a runner. I do not like running. I love to swim. I love to surf. I do not like to run.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Runner, Swim

• I’m just attracted to good material and great characters and that can come in any form, whether it’s television or film or a theatre piece.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Attracted, Television

• I’m a bit of a scaredy cat. Personally, I don’t like to be kept up at night.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Personally, Kept

• I think women are amazing and women’s friendships are like a sisterhood and we should see more of it in television and film.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Amazing, Television

• I love my ‘Walking Dead’ family. This is the best job I ever had.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Walking, Dead

• I love ghost stories but I can’t really watch them, especially not by myself because then I can’t sleep.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Stories, Ghost

• I feel defensive about my character because I really love Andrea, and we share the same heart.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Share, Defensive

• I don’t want my tombstone to say actress. I want it to say human being.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Tombstone, Human Being

• I am a tomboy and I love being with the boys and shooting guns and stuff.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Tomboy, Guns

• I’ve never been a fan of sociopaths who have no conscience. That scares me because they’re capable of anything.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Fan, Conscience

• When forced to survive in an apocalyptic world, there are some characters that embrace their higher selves with some emerging as natural born leaders, and others succumb to their more base and primal selves and basically transform into savages. It’s really a fascinating character study in the exploration of the human psyche.

  Laurie Holden

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Embrace, Selves

Laurie Holden (21)

Birth:	17th December, 1969
Nationality:	American, Canadian
Profession:	Activist, Actress, Producer

About

Heather Laurie Holden, best known as Laurie Holden, is an American-Canadian actress, producer, and human rights activist. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Marita Covarrubias in The X-Files, Adele Stanton on The Majestic, Cybil Bennett in Silent Hill, Amanda Dumfries in The Mist, Olivia Murray in The Shield, and Andrea in The Walking Dead.

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