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" I've had a great time doing it - being able to say yes to a couple of amazing shows. "

Mary Steenburgen

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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. "

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