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

Mary Steenburgen

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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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" 1977 is the year I made my first movie. Shortly after, I was offered quite nice roles in television. The general consensus among everyone was that I'd be out of my mind to do that. "

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

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

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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 want women, especially young women, to create a world where your success is not based on being young. "

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" 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. "

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

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" As an actor, you're always looking for, what do I get to do? It's not just what do I say, but what do I do, too. "

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" I've never been able to write a movie script. I respect that skill so much, but it's not been the way my brain works. "

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

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