#136: Laura Dern: Actress, Producer, Investor

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Laura Dern is an award-winning actress and accomplished producer whose decades-long career has made her a key figure in Hollywood. From growing up on the film sets of Scorcese and Hitchcock to starring in box office hits like Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jurasic Park g the iconic role of Renata Klein in HBO hit television series ittle Lies, ility to transform into a character knows no bounds. A two time Academy Award nominee and five-time Golden Globe winner and the founder of Jaywalker Pictures, Dern continues to make her mark in the entertainment industry. On this episode, Laura discusses the shift she has seen in the film industry to be more inclusive of women and how far they still have to go. Plus hear about why she went from a consumer to an investor in True Botanicals skincare, how she prepared for her latest role as Marmee March in the upcoming remake of Little Women directed by Greta Gerwig, and what it is like behind the scenes of Big Little Lies. Congratulations to our No Limits Entrepreneurs of the Week: Kim MacNeill, President and Co-Founder of The Ross K. MacNeill Foundation (R33M) Find out more: https://www.r33m.org/ Want to be a featured NLEOTW? Know someone who should? Send your nominations to [email protected] Do not forget to subscribe and leave us a review! It is easy! Click here: http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 ABOUT REBECCA JARVIS: Rebecca Jarvis is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the Chief Biz, Tech and Econ correspondent for ABC News. She is also the host of The Dropout. Podcast. Follow Rebecca Jarvis: www.Instagram.com/RebeccaJarvis www.Twitter.com/RebeccaJarvis www.Facebook.com/RebeccaJarvis https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-jarvis-217ba052/ Snapchat: RebeccaJarvis No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis is produced by Taylor Dunn and edited by Brittany Martinez

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0:00.0	I've heard a million times, and the first time I ever heard it was a costume designer when I was a teenage girl.
0:09.4	And I said, oh, I like this. It feels good, and I feel pretty in it. And she said, well, you may, but what do you think other people are going to think of you in it?
0:18.7	And it really shut me down. And I remember thinking,
0:22.7	am I going to be a person who does everything for what everybody else is thinking? Or do I lead
0:30.5	with what feels good to me?
0:35.2	Hey, everyone. Welcome to No Limits. I'm your host, Rebecca Jarvis.
0:39.4	And if you're a frequent listener, thank you.
0:42.5	We really appreciate that loyalty.
0:44.7	If you're new, welcome.
0:46.1	I hope you like what you hear here.
0:48.4	Each week, we are working to demystify this thing called success.
0:53.3	I talked to the world's most influential women across all
0:56.8	different industries. And the conversations here are meant to go beyond the resume. We talk about
1:02.7	decision making, the trade-offs, the pivotal moments that shape our careers. And what it really means
1:10.2	to be happy inside of a job.
1:13.4	So whether you're looking for advice or you just want to hear a good story, you've come to the right place.
1:22.3	So we have an incredible guest with us today. I'm looking across at her. Most of you know her as
1:29.1	Renata Klein, the best character on Big Little Lies. She also has been nominated and or won pretty
1:37.6	much every award under the Sun Academy Awards, Emmys, Golden Globes. She's a producer. She's also a business investor. She is an investor
1:48.2	and has a partnership with True Botanicals, a San Francisco-based skincare startup. She's been in
1:54.1	countless movies, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Blue Velvet. One of my personal favorites, Enlight enlightened, a show that I honestly, it was supposed
2:03.9	to be a trilogy. I wish that it was because it was truly one of the most enlightening things I've
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