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" I love dark chocolate, 70 percent and up. "

Mary Steenburgen

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" 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. "

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" Ultimately, there are only two emotions: love and fear. And pretty much anything else you want to name can be broken down into one of those. "

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" I'm real strong, and I'm also real feminine, and I don't find a struggle having those two things under one roof. "

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" There's just such a premium on hurrying, and the camera is the be all and end all, and the actors had better hurry up and get it right and get it done. "

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" 'Last Man On Earth,' I have to say, is a love for me. I mean, a true passion. To people who haven't watched it or who've watched a little and thought, 'Ah, I don't know where this is going,' or whatever, I urge them to check it out again. "

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" There's a style to doing period pieces, and you can't do a Western without understanding 'My Darling Clementine.' "

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" I have hundreds of songs. "

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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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" It was a few days later I came out to Hollywood for a screen test, and so did a lot of other people. So, I really didn't think I would get it. I was definitely the one that was least likely to get it, because everyone else was an already established star. "

Mary Steenburgen

" I helped found Artists for New South Africa, but it used to be called Artists for Free South Africa. Alfre Woodard and a bunch of us started this. "

Mary Steenburgen

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

Mary Steenburgen

" You've never seen anything until you've seen David Mamet be an Edwardian lady. He always conveys what he means, but he's so... masculine. "

Mary Steenburgen

" I would like to think that in America, as time goes on, you gain freedom, not lose freedom. "

Mary Steenburgen

" Will Forte is such a nice, extraordinarily creative human being. Utterly fearless. "

Mary Steenburgen

" I take the fact that films cost a lot of money very seriously, but once in a while to have somebody say, This is a big scene, take your time with it, is important. That's John Sayles. "

Mary Steenburgen

" Whenever we start a new TV series, there's also a lot of question marks, and part of that is finding who you are. "

Mary Steenburgen

" 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

" I used to think I was going to die wise, and now, the one wisdom I have is I know very little. "

Mary Steenburgen

" I learned not to care what other people think. "

Mary Steenburgen

" 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. "

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

" I'm not saying it's easy, and it's definitely harder for women. Because there is definitely a double standard about gorgeous older men, and it's different for older women. "

Mary Steenburgen

" I studied with Sandy Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. I was in the last class to study with him before he had his larynx removed, so I actually remember the sound of his voice. He was an incredible teacher. "

Mary Steenburgen

" I've had battles with writers who live in L.A. and were writing southern characters, because they felt like if they wrote 'Sugar' and 'Honey' at the end of every sentence, that would make it southern. "

Mary Steenburgen

" You don't get to make Westerns every day. "

Mary Steenburgen

" I have never had any success in planning my life, really. "

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

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