Mary Steenburgen Quotes
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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.
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I was excited to turn 60.
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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.
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I'm a late bloomer.
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I'm real strong, and I'm also real feminine, and I don't find a struggle having those two things under one roof.
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I had two wonderful teachers: Sanford Melsner and Fred Kareman.
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Will Forte is such a nice, extraordinarily creative human being. Utterly fearless.
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Essential oils are extremely important to me.
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I helped found Artists for New South Africa, but it used to be called Artists for Free South Africa. Alfre Woodard and a bunch of us started this.
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You don't get to make Westerns every day.
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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.
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I'm a very musical person.
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Hey, it's a miracle to have a career in Hollywood. But it doesn't begin to sum me up.
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I take the fact that films cost a lot of money very seriously, but once in a while to have somebody say, This is a big scene, take your time with it, is important. That's John Sayles.
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'Last Man On Earth' is just one of the most original projects I've ever been involved with.
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I learned so much about life and other human beings - then about myself.
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There's a style to doing period pieces, and you can't do a Western without understanding 'My Darling Clementine.'
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I'm not a great horse person, but I love horses, and I love all of it. The sights and sounds and smells, the whole genre of Westerns - I love them.
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When I was going through sad times, I'd watch 'Cheers' at the end of the day to make me feel better.
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There's just such a premium on hurrying, and the camera is the be all and end all, and the actors had better hurry up and get it right and get it done.
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I decided if you're lucky enough to be alive, you should use each birthday to celebrate what your life is about.
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I want women, especially young women, to create a world where your success is not based on being young.
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It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks.
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I wanted a relationship like the one my mother and father had. It wasn't perfect; they had to work on it. But there was an unbelievable mutual respect.