Mary Steenburgen Quotes
As an actor, you're always looking for, what do I get to do? It's not just what do I say, but what do I do, too.
Quotes to Explore
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I want you to feel happy and enjoy the theatre of my life the way that I do. No matter what happens with my music and wherever I go - that heart of that glamorous girl in New York will never be gone.
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Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form.
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There is no consensus, there is no homogeneity, there is no truth.
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A lot of people don't realize that hair is a big thing for a lot of people, not just African-American women. It's something to be aware of and to be cautious of.
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I think all girls secretly want to be actresses because acting seems so glamorous. But as a child, I was always the villager who had one line in the school play. I was shy and I had a bit of a lisp.
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The Founding Fathers of our nation believed in the people. They created a new nation based on the radical notion that the people could be free and trusted - that the nation would be great if you trusted the people to be good.
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I've wanted to do some sort of acting stuff down the line, but modeling is a good way to get comfortable in front of the camera.
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Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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I credit my mom with inspiring in me a love of design, matched by her creative problem-solving abilities. This is a woman who could find an old, discarded piece of furniture, bring it home and turn it into something fabulous.
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When I was growing up, I was obsessed with 'Cagney and Lacey.'
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Reciting lines is hard; making stuff up is much, much easier.
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I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.
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A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
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I don't look at the tabloids. I don't read the tabloids.
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I'm always on the court with my dad.
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You never know what's going to happen with television these days.
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Cold approbation gave the ling'ring bays,For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise.
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Whenever I'm talking about relationships, it's always at least three things. It's my relationship with myself, my relationship with God or an idea, and then usually somebody, a real person. I try to operate on all three levels at the same time, and it's difficult, but I never want to have a break-up song or something like that.
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There are probably five songs in the world that I get excited about when I hear them on the radio.
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I don't know a lot about politics.
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I really knew when I started photographing I wanted it to be a way of knowing different cultures, not just in other countries but in this country, too, and I knew I wanted to be a voyeur.
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I've turned from an ordinary Australian housewife into a gigastar, icon, talk-show host, swami, spin doctor... and now I'm a style guru!
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As an actor, you're always looking for, what do I get to do? It's not just what do I say, but what do I do, too.
