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'd already made the decision before I'd even read it-just because it was John Sayles. Then when I read it, the themes were actually themes that have been a big part of my life.
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I wrote my first song when I was 54 years old.
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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 wasn't making any money, but I didn't feel unsuccessful because of that. You can do that in New York but not in Hollywood. In Hollywood, it is how much money you make.
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I've chosen all my films very carefully. I know that I've had better parts in some films than in others. But the films I do are the ones I want to see when I read the screenplays. I guess you can basically say that I've just done things I loved when I read them.
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I had two wonderful teachers: Sanford Melsner and Fred Kareman.
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Essential oils are extremely important to me.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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If you're not growing, you're dying, and I'm not ready for that.
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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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My heritage, many generations back, is Dutch and it was fun to go where nobody asked me how to pronounce my name.
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Ultimately, there are only two emotions: love and fear. And pretty much anything else you want to name can be broken down into one of those.
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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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You don't get to make Westerns every day.
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I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from.
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I actually believed if I behaved myself and if I made straight A's and if I was good enough, I could save my dad's life. And every single time he had a heart attack, I knew what I had done that caused it.
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1977 is the year I made my first movie. Shortly after, I was offered quite nice roles in television. The general consensus among everyone was that I'd be out of my mind to do that.
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Will Forte is such a nice, extraordinarily creative human being. Utterly fearless.
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We're all very fond of a black box in our living room that works on diminishment of images, that spoons somebody up in a very limited way. It can be a reduction at its worst.