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" I wanted a relationship like the one my mother and father had. It wasn't perfect; they had to work on it. But there was an unbelievable mutual respect. "

Mary Steenburgen

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

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" In my business, guys may age, but it's not even a question they're valued. But women my age are supposed to disappear. "

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" I remember when I was growing up and watching southern people depicted on television, I thought, 'Well, based on what I'm seeing, I guess I'm supposed to be stupid and racist.' It's still, sadly, the easy route for a writer to go. "

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

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" Wii on Nintendo is amazing. "

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" I did 'Philadelphia' and 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' at the same time. It's kind of wonderful to do it that way, because you get very hyper-focused. "

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

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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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" I don't know how I could plan my career. "

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" 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. "

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" There's a grace about the South and a toughness about it, too. "

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" I'm a late bloomer. "

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" I like being part of a team. "

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" 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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" I loved Westerns for different reasons as an adult. It is not only our only native brand of storytelling - the only one that's not influenced by Europeans and not something that's done better by the French - but I also love the sensuality of the Western. The sights, sounds, and smell of a Western are very exciting. "

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" I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen. "

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" 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. "

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" What a mother I am. I can't even make popcorn. "

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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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" If you want to grow up and do what I do for a living - be an actress - my advice to you is read as much as you can. "

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" I've chosen all my films very carefully. I know that I've had better parts in some films than in others. But the films I do are the ones I want to see when I read the screenplays. I guess you can basically say that I've just done things I loved when I read them. "

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" 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. "

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" I've found that most people who studied when they were little, even if they never took another tap class, it's percussive, so it stays in your body, the muscle memory of it. "

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

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

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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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