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

Mary Steenburgen

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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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" I learned so much about life and other human beings - then about myself. "

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" I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from. "

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" There are no worse cliches than southern cliches. They make my skin crawl. "

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" 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.' "

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" I have never been able to sing in the shower, much less in front of anybody. "

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" That's my name. I know it's difficult, and it's not pretty, but it's my name. "

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" There's a certain freedom that comes when people don't expect you to be sexy. "

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

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