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" Anytime I had a date, it was at the Sadie Hawkins Day dance. "
Mary Steenburgen
Hawkins
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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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" I was this person with this weird last name from New York that no one had ever heard of. But my screen test I guess, according to him, was the best. So I got the part, which was incredible. "
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" I used to think I was going to die wise, and now, the one wisdom I have is I know very little. "
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" I've never been able to write a movie script. I respect that skill so much, but it's not been the way my brain works. "
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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 learned not to care what other people think. "
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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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" 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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" I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out. "
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" I have never had any success in planning my life, really. "
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" I would say that the things that have really left a mark on me have more to do with my family and my children's lives rather than a film role. "
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" I didn't work for a couple of years after the Oscar because everybody kept offering me bad versions of Lynda Dummar. "
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