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" 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

Study

Teacher

Voice

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Person

Who

" 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. "

" Essential oils are extremely important to me. "

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Important

Essential

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

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

" 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. "

" I got my SAG card on my first movie, 'Goin' South,' with Jack Nicholson in 1978. "

" 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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Better

Camera

" Like most people, I have a dark side, but because of roles I played early on, people tend not to guess that. "

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Dark

Dark Side

" The sights and sounds and smells, the whole genre of Westerns - I love them. "

" I'm kind of a laugh junkie. It's what I appreciate in life, because life is rich and sometimes it's hard, and I really, really love to laugh and gravitate towards people who make me laugh. "

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People

Underestimate

" The accordion came from just having a desire to play music. Somehow, I have slowly taught myself. "

" We tell our kids to try for what they want. We cheer them on. But at some point, we stop doing this for ourselves. We shouldn't be so quick to close doors. "

" I grew up believing in Santa Claus, and we still treat our house at Christmas with a huge reverence for that belief - even though our children are 19 through 23. "

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Belief

Treat

" 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. "

" 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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Children

" 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. "

" I've done little things, including Botox, but it didn't feel right for me. "

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Right

Done

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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. "

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

" I'm a late bloomer. "