Mary Steenburgen Quotes
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I remember when I was growing up and watching southern people depicted on television, I thought, 'Well, based on what I'm seeing, I guess I'm supposed to be stupid and racist.' It's still, sadly, the easy route for a writer to go.
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I learned so much about life and other human beings - then about myself.
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I've found that most people who studied when they were little, even if they never took another tap class, it's percussive, so it stays in your body, the muscle memory of it.
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Let me put it this way. There is more to acting than just acting like somebody. I like to act in such a way that other people get some notion of what it's like to be somebody.
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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'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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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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'Last Man On Earth' is just one of the most original projects I've ever been involved with.
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I wish sometimes people wouldn't underestimate me. But it's a fleeting wish. It's not where I live.
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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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My agents and managers deserve a special Emmy award for scheduling.
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Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern.
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Reading is how I became an actor because I didn't grow up in a house where there was an awareness of film or theater. I also grew up in a house full of teachers, so reading was big in our world.
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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 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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I did sing in a choir for a while, but if anybody was sick, I always whispered my songs to make sure nobody could pick out my voice.
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I like being part of a team.
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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.
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I know that's why I became an actress. In my dream world, I could get mad and scream and yell, and if somebody died, they got up again. In real life, I didn't dare try it.
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You've never seen anything until you've seen David Mamet be an Edwardian lady. He always conveys what he means, but he's so... masculine.
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Life is about surviving loss.
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I don't know how I could plan my career.
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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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There's a certain freedom that comes when people don't expect you to be sexy.