Laura Dern

American actress

Laura Dern dropped out of college because UCLA would not allow her to take a leave of absence to film "Blue Velvet." https://x.com/TheCinesthetic/status/1980256972676218905

• She gave David Lynch's script to the head of the film department in order to convince him, but he fired back at her: “First of all, if you make this choice, you are no longer welcome at UCLA. You’ll be out. But secondly, having read this script, that you would give up your college education for this is insane.”
• Dern says that "today, if you want to get a masters in film at that school, when you write a thesis there are three movies you are required to study. And you know what one of them is? Pisses me off."