"Laura Dern"
Episode
60 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Career Growth
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What It Covers
Academy Award winner Laura Dern discusses her acting career, working with legendary directors like David Lynch and Steven Spielberg, and stars alongside Will Arnett in upcoming film "Is This Thing On."
Notable Moment
Dern reveals she left college after two days against university threats to pursue Blue Velvet, telling professors the film would be her real education, a decision that launched her career.
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“worked with Martin Scorsese and Alfred Hitchcock through her parents Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, leading to her breakthrough role in Smooth Talk at fifteen.”
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