Mary Steenburgen Quotes
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Obviously, I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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There is an obvious connection, on the declining Roman empire's bread and circuses model, between political enthusiasm for public spectacles and the periods when we are least able to pay for them.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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If somebody says I'm a leader or notices the things I try to do to be a leader, it's the ultimate compliment.
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I am the people - the mob - the crowd - the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?
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When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.
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My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she's magical.
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I had a very, very difficult relationship with my mother, who was supremely self-centred. She was hilariously self-centred. She did not really take interest in anything that didn't immediately affect her.
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Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul here and there finds it more than it can bear? Shall there be no strong meat at table because there happen to be some guests there whose stomachs are weak, or who have spoiled their own digestions?
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My mother was a gorgeous person with no vanity, but she was a really good soul.
