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" 'Last Man On Earth,' I have to say, is a love for me. I mean, a true passion. To people who haven't watched it or who've watched a little and thought, 'Ah, I don't know where this is going,' or whatever, I urge them to check it out again. "

Mary Steenburgen

Love

Man

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

" 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. "

" I wish sometimes people wouldn't underestimate me. But it's a fleeting wish. It's not where I live. "

Mary Steenburgen

People

Underestimate

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Let me put it this way. There is more to acting than just acting like somebody. I like to act in such a way that other people get some notion of what it's like to be somebody. "

Mary Steenburgen

People

Acting

" I have hundreds of songs. "

Mary Steenburgen

Songs

Hundreds

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

Mary Steenburgen

Right

Done

" I take the fact that films cost a lot of money very seriously, but once in a while to have somebody say, This is a big scene, take your time with it, is important. That's John Sayles. "

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

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

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

" My family didn't have money to travel, so reading was how I knew about the world. It made me hungry to have more experiences than just what I could possibly experience in Arkansas. "

" 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. "

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

" As an actress, my best tools are my emotions and expressions. "

" I'm a chameleon when it comes to languages. "

Mary Steenburgen

Languages

Chameleon

" 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 was a waitress for six years in New York. I actually got fascinated to see how fast and how good a waitress I could be. I was doing it, so I tried to do it as well as I could. "

" I'm real strong, and I'm also real feminine, and I don't find a struggle having those two things under one roof. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "