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Life is about surviving loss.
Mary Steenburgen -
I learned so much about life and other human beings - then about myself.
Mary Steenburgen
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I don't know how I could plan my career.
Mary Steenburgen -
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.
Mary Steenburgen -
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.
Mary Steenburgen -
I'm a very musical person.
Mary Steenburgen -
Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern.
Mary Steenburgen -
'Last Man On Earth' is just one of the most original projects I've ever been involved with.
Mary Steenburgen
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What a mother I am. I can't even make popcorn.
Mary Steenburgen -
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.
Mary Steenburgen -
I wish sometimes people wouldn't underestimate me. But it's a fleeting wish. It's not where I live.
Mary Steenburgen -
If you're not growing, you're dying, and I'm not ready for that.
Mary Steenburgen -
I grew up believing in Santa Claus, and we still treat our house at Christmas with a huge reverence for that belief - even though our children are 19 through 23.
Mary Steenburgen -
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.
Mary Steenburgen
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There's a style to doing period pieces, and you can't do a Western without understanding 'My Darling Clementine.'
Mary Steenburgen -
It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks.
Mary Steenburgen -
There's something inside of me that just connects or doesn't connect with the project.
Mary Steenburgen -
Will Forte is such a nice, extraordinarily creative human being. Utterly fearless.
Mary Steenburgen -
Every child in America fantasizes about running wild in the White House for a few minutes.
Mary Steenburgen -
I want women, especially young women, to create a world where your success is not based on being young.
Mary Steenburgen
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I think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out.
Mary Steenburgen -
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.
Mary Steenburgen -
Whenever we start a new TV series, there's also a lot of question marks, and part of that is finding who you are.
Mary Steenburgen -
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.
Mary Steenburgen