Laurie Holden Quotes & Sayings

I've had a quite a few nightmares about being chased by walkers. — Laurie Holden

I've never been a fan of sociopaths who have no conscience. That scares me because they're capable of anything. — Laurie Holden

I knew that we'd have a big following because the graphic novel [ The Walking Dead] is so popular, and I knew that with Frank Darabont and Gale Ann Hurd at the helm that we were doing something very special. — Laurie Holden

I've worked with Frank [Darabont] on two collaborations, The Majestic with Jim Carrey and Stephen King's The Mist. — Laurie Holden

I think that Comic-Con is just a wonderful forum. It's just the perfect place for our show and the fans have embraced us so wonderfully. I would be shocked, if we weren't back every year. — Laurie Holden

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

I'm a tomboy. I really love sports. I'm really looking forward to being the sniper gal, running around and shooting zombies. I find that really exhilarating. — Laurie Holden

It's a fun thing to do: Go to a shooting range with a buddy, knock off a few rounds, release stress. — Laurie Holden

I thought it would fit a niche. I didn't anticipate, nor do I think anybody did, that it would become this global phenomenon, the way that it has. The critics have been so kind and favorable, it has really garnered such wonderful praise, and the numbers have been through the roof. It's actually been quite surreal. I'm still pinching myself because it's amazing. For me, we went to Atlanta and we spent our summer shooting this little zombie show, and it was ours. It was our sweet little zombie show [The Walking Dead], and the world has embraced us. — Laurie Holden

I don't want my tombstone to say actress. I want it to say human being. — Laurie Holden

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

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

I'm a bit of a scaredy cat. Personally, I don't like to be kept up at night. — Laurie Holden

I'm not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors. — Laurie Holden

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

When The Walking Dead officially got greenlit, Frank Darabont called me up and said, "My passion project just got off the ground. There's a role I think you're perfect for. Would you consider the role of Andrea?" And I was like, "Wow, I'd love to take a look at it." So, I read the pilot script and was knocked out. — Laurie Holden

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

I love my 'Walking Dead' family. This is the best job I ever had. — Laurie Holden

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

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

It's a really dark, emotionally wrenching world that we've created on 'The Walking Dead.' — Laurie Holden

I am a tomboy and I love being with the boys and shooting guns and stuff. — Laurie Holden

Well, people fall in love with the wrong guy all the time, it doesn't make them bad people. — Laurie Holden

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

Whenever I have to do an emotional scene, I just take my contacts out and it means I can't see anything. — Laurie Holden

I really, really, really want to do a silly romantic comedy where I can just have a crush on the guy, trip over myself, and laugh and be goofy. I just feel like all I do is cry, sob, and fight zombies and the bad guys. — Laurie Holden

I'd love to play a femme fatale. And I wouldn't mind working with George Clooney. — Laurie Holden

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

I love ghost stories but I can't really watch them, especially not by myself because then I can't sleep. — Laurie Holden