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

Mary Steenburgen

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" It was a few days later I came out to Hollywood for a screen test, and so did a lot of other people. So, I really didn't think I would get it. I was definitely the one that was least likely to get it, because everyone else was an already established star. "

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" The accordion came from just having a desire to play music. Somehow, I have slowly taught myself. "

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" There's something inside of me that just connects or doesn't connect with the project. "

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

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

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

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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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" I didn't work for a couple of years after the Oscar because everybody kept offering me bad versions of Lynda Dummar. "

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" 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. "

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" I love to play horrible, evil, mean people. "

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

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" I had a sense of mortality since I was a little girl, which has to do with my father, who nearly died eight times in my childhood. He had eight heart attacks. "

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" I did sing in a choir for a while, but if anybody was sick, I always whispered my songs to make sure nobody could pick out my voice. "

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" I would like to think that in America, as time goes on, you gain freedom, not lose freedom. "

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

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" When you spend three months of your life doing a movie, it's important to enjoy yourself. "

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

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" A period piece is a great opportunity for an actress. I love acting because I love to pretend, and when you're doing a period piece, then even the time you're in is pretend, so there's that much more to play with. "

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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. "

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" I was this person with this weird last name from New York that no one had ever heard of. But my screen test I guess, according to him, was the best. So I got the part, which was incredible. "

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" I had two wonderful teachers: Sanford Melsner and Fred Kareman. "

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

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

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" I don't worry when I go away for a while. I think there is a place for me. It may not be at the top of the heap. But that doesn't bother me, either. I think I will always be able to get work - which is the only thing I have ever really been interested in. "

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

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" It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks. "

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