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All Quotes by author - Mary Steenburgen

" 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. "

" Acting was far from my world. I rarely saw a play. I never met a real actress; they seemed unreal. "

" Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern. "

" Anytime I had a date, it was at the Sadie Hawkins Day dance. "

" A period piece is a great opportunity for an actress. I love acting because I love to pretend, and when you're doing a period piece, then even the time you're in is pretend, so there's that much more to play with. "

" 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. "

" As an actress, my best tools are my emotions and expressions. "

" At one point, I kind of looked in the mirror and said, 'You know, you're a mom. You're a wife. People count on you; you can't go off the deep end into this kind of crazy musical swirl.' "

" Christopher Lloyd was actually the first person - or certainly one of the first few - who ever spoke to me on film. "

" Do I feel like I still need to prove myself? Absolutely. And I want to feel that way, and I like that. "

" Essential oils are extremely important to me. "

" Every child in America fantasizes about running wild in the White House for a few minutes. "

" For me, acting has often been solitary. You're all together, and then boom, you're gone. "

" Hey, it's a miracle to have a career in Hollywood. But it doesn't begin to sum me up. "

" 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. "

" I am lucky enough not to have to take jobs unless I love the material. "

" I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen. "

" 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. "

" I decided if you're lucky enough to be alive, you should use each birthday to celebrate what your life is about. "

" I didn't work for a couple of years after the Oscar because everybody kept offering me bad versions of Lynda Dummar. "

" I didn't work for a year and a half after 'Melvin and Howard' because all I was being offered was silly parts. "

" I did 'Philadelphia' and 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' at the same time. It's kind of wonderful to do it that way, because you get very hyper-focused. "

" 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. "

" I don't consider myself much of a singer. I'm a writer first. "

" I don't know how I could plan my career. "

" I don't know if I've ever read a movie that's as strange and unpredictable and hilarious and wonderful as the stuff we're doing on 'The Last Man on Earth.' It's jaw-dropping every week when I get a script, because it goes to such strange places. "

" I don't want to go to just watch big huge summer movies that everybody predicts is going to be the big huge summer movie and that are all the sort of blow-them-up movies or whatever you want to call them. I think there are a lot of other people out there, too, that want an alternative. "

" I don't worry when I go away for a while. I think there is a place for me. It may not be at the top of the heap. But that doesn't bother me, either. I think I will always be able to get work - which is the only thing I have ever really been interested in. "

" I feel like I'm attracted to characters who have one foot firmly planted on the ground. And their heads up in the clouds somewhere. Practical dreamers. They try to impress you that they've got this whole thing figured out, but there's more going on inside their heads than you might imagine. "

" If there's an addiction in the Clinton family, it's to problem solving. "

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