Mary Steenburgen Quotes
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There's something inside of me that just connects or doesn't connect with the project.
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When you read books, you kind of create that whole world in your mind, and you go on a journey with the author of that book. I think that's really a good thing.
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Life is about surviving loss.
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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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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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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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I've had a great time doing it - being able to say yes to a couple of amazing shows.
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I don't know how I could plan my career.
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I started in improv and went into different kinds of things.
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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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There's a certain freedom that comes when people don't expect you to be sexy.
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I think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out.
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Every child in America fantasizes about running wild in the White House for a few minutes.
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Do I feel like I still need to prove myself? Absolutely. And I want to feel that way, and I like that.
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As an actor, you're always looking for, what do I get to do? It's not just what do I say, but what do I do, too.
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I didn't work for a year and a half after 'Melvin and Howard' because all I was being offered was silly parts.
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Whenever we start a new TV series, there's also a lot of question marks, and part of that is finding who you are.
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Writing is essentially an internal process.
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If you want to grow up and do what I do for a living - be an actress - my advice to you is read as much as you can.
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'Justified' had such dead-on beautiful scripts that you didn't want to mess with it.
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It was a few days later I came out to Hollywood for a screen test, and so did a lot of other people. So, I really didn't think I would get it. I was definitely the one that was least likely to get it, because everyone else was an already established star.
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There's a grace about the South and a toughness about it, too.
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'Step Brothers' was like a reward for going through my whole career and somehow surviving.
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We don't want to be reminded that life ends at some point, so they don't put older people on the screen.