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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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" The time that Ted and I spend talking about our careers is almost infinitesimally small. We mostly talk about our kids and our grandkids. I think we talk about our careers if something funny happened at work. We're very childlike in many ways. "

Mary Steenburgen

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

" I feel like I'm attracted to characters who have one foot firmly planted on the ground. And their heads up in the clouds somewhere. Practical dreamers. They try to impress you that they've got this whole thing figured out, but there's more going on inside their heads than you might imagine. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If there's an addiction in the Clinton family, it's to problem solving. "

" My mother was a gorgeous person with no vanity, but she was a really good soul. "

" My agents and managers deserve a special Emmy award for scheduling. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I know that's why I became an actress. In my dream world, I could get mad and scream and yell, and if somebody died, they got up again. In real life, I didn't dare try it. "

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

" I didn't work for a year and a half after 'Melvin and Howard' because all I was being offered was silly parts. "

" 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 think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out. "

" I'm a late bloomer. "

" 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. "

" Life is about surviving loss. "

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

Mary Steenburgen

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" Our culture loves movies and TV, which is wonderful, but there's something a little bit passive sometimes about watching, because you're looking at other people's imagination at work. "

" I started in improv and went into different kinds of things. "

" There's no strategy involved in my career decisions. I do whatever roles make my heart beat faster. "

" I am lucky enough not to have to take jobs unless I love the material. "

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

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

" 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.' "

" Do I feel like I still need to prove myself? Absolutely. And I want to feel that way, and I like that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "