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" I have never had any success in planning my life, really. "
Mary Steenburgen
Planning
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" 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. "
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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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" It's very easy to approach a character like that - a so-called strong woman who overcomes the odds - and give a one-note performance, playing that strength alone. Strength is only one thing a person has. "
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" There are no worse cliches than southern cliches. They make my skin crawl. "
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" My heritage, many generations back, is Dutch and it was fun to go where nobody asked me how to pronounce my name. "
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