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

Mary Steenburgen

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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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" I wrote my first song when I was 54 years old. "

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

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" I'm a late bloomer. "

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

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" 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. "

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" There's just a total boatload of crazy that goes with singing live for the first time when you're 60 years old. "

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" When I was going through sad times, I'd watch 'Cheers' at the end of the day to make me feel better. "

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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 hundreds of songs. "

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

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

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" If you're not growing, you're dying, and I'm not ready for that. "

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" 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. "

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" That's my name. I know it's difficult, and it's not pretty, but it's my name. "

Mary Steenburgen

" I wasn't making any money, but I didn't feel unsuccessful because of that. You can do that in New York but not in Hollywood. In Hollywood, it is how much money you make. "

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" 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. "

Mary Steenburgen

" 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. "

Mary Steenburgen

" The part in 'Philadelphia' where I represent the law firm that's firing Tom Hanks, that was a hard part for me because I lost one of my best friends to AIDS, and it was hard for me to play a part that wasn't sympathetic to someone with AIDS. "

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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. "

Mary Steenburgen

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

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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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" 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'm not a great horse person, but I love horses, and I love all of it. The sights and sounds and smells, the whole genre of Westerns - I love them. "

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" There's a certain freedom that comes when people don't expect you to be sexy. "

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