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There's no strategy involved in my career decisions. I do whatever roles make my heart beat faster.
Mary Steenburgen -
My dad had a series of heart attacks when I was a little girl, and our world was shaped by these huge, traumatic events.
Mary Steenburgen
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'Last Man On Earth,' I have to say, is a love for me. I mean, a true passion. To people who haven't watched it or who've watched a little and thought, 'Ah, I don't know where this is going,' or whatever, I urge them to check it out again.
Mary Steenburgen -
At one point, I kind of looked in the mirror and said, 'You know, you're a mom. You're a wife. People count on you; you can't go off the deep end into this kind of crazy musical swirl.'
Mary Steenburgen -
I have hundreds of songs.
Mary Steenburgen -
For me, acting has often been solitary. You're all together, and then boom, you're gone.
Mary Steenburgen -
I've had battles with writers who live in L.A. and were writing southern characters, because they felt like if they wrote 'Sugar' and 'Honey' at the end of every sentence, that would make it southern.
Mary Steenburgen -
I was a waitress for six years in New York. I actually got fascinated to see how fast and how good a waitress I could be. I was doing it, so I tried to do it as well as I could.
Mary Steenburgen
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Our culture loves movies and TV, which is wonderful, but there's something a little bit passive sometimes about watching, because you're looking at other people's imagination at work.
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I love writing music.
Mary Steenburgen -
I'm real strong, and I'm also real feminine, and I don't find a struggle having those two things under one roof.
Mary Steenburgen -
I've never been able to write a movie script. I respect that skill so much, but it's not been the way my brain works.
Mary Steenburgen -
I have never had any success in planning my life, really.
Mary Steenburgen -
I'm a late bloomer.
Mary Steenburgen
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Christopher Lloyd was actually the first person - or certainly one of the first few - who ever spoke to me on film.
Mary Steenburgen -
When you spend three months of your life doing a movie, it's important to enjoy yourself.
Mary Steenburgen -
I was excited to turn 60.
Mary Steenburgen -
It's very easy to approach a character like that - a so-called strong woman who overcomes the odds - and give a one-note performance, playing that strength alone. Strength is only one thing a person has.
Mary Steenburgen -
I would say that the things that have really left a mark on me have more to do with my family and my children's lives rather than a film role.
Mary Steenburgen -
My family didn't have money to travel, so reading was how I knew about the world. It made me hungry to have more experiences than just what I could possibly experience in Arkansas.
Mary Steenburgen
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In my business, guys may age, but it's not even a question they're valued. But women my age are supposed to disappear.
Mary Steenburgen -
A period piece is a great opportunity for an actress. I love acting because I love to pretend, and when you're doing a period piece, then even the time you're in is pretend, so there's that much more to play with.
Mary Steenburgen -
Essential oils are extremely important to me.
Mary Steenburgen -
I'm not saying it's easy, and it's definitely harder for women. Because there is definitely a double standard about gorgeous older men, and it's different for older women.
Mary Steenburgen