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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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As an actress, my best tools are my emotions and expressions.
Mary Steenburgen
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I started in improv and went into different kinds of things.
Mary Steenburgen -
There are no worse cliches than southern cliches. They make my skin crawl.
Mary Steenburgen -
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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I learned not to care what other people think.
Mary Steenburgen -
I have never been able to sing in the shower, much less in front of anybody.
Mary Steenburgen -
There's just a total boatload of crazy that goes with singing live for the first time when you're 60 years old.
Mary Steenburgen
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I think the secret to what Jim Henson did, ultimately, is that he understood how to cut through to the... I know this sounds corny... but the child inside of you.
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I love to play horrible, evil, mean people.
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I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out.
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My son, he has a film group, a bunch of film nerds that sit around and screen movies, and when they had Mary Steenburgen Night, the two movies they screened were 'Melvin And Howard' and 'Clifford.'
Mary Steenburgen