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Mary Steenburgen
Mary Steenburgen
American Actress
Born: Feb 8, 1953
Life Love Me People Think You
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I decided if you're lucky enough to be alive, you should use each birthday to celebrate what your life is about. Mary Steenburgen
Life Birthday You Celebrate Enough Alive About Decided Should Use Your Lucky Each
I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out. Mary Steenburgen
Speak Think Our Out Responsible About Look How Hard Beliefs Need
I'm kind of a laugh junkie. It's what I appreciate in life, because life is rich and sometimes it's hard, and I really, really love to laugh and gravitate towards people who make me laugh. Mary Steenburgen
Life Love Me People Sometimes Rich Laugh Kind Towards Make Make Me Laugh Because Really Hard Who Gravitate Appreciate
I have never been able to sing in the shower, much less in front of anybody. Mary Steenburgen
Able Never Sing Been Front Anybody Much Less Shower
My agents and managers deserve a special Emmy award for scheduling. Mary Steenburgen
Emmy Scheduling Managers Agents Special Award Deserve
If there's an addiction in the Clinton family, it's to problem solving. Mary Steenburgen
Family Problem Addiction Solving Clinton Problem-Solving
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. Mary Steenburgen
Work Funny Time Think Our Spend Ways Kids About Something Small Almost Talk Mostly Talking Very Childlike Happened Grandkids Many Ted Careers
My mother was a gorgeous person with no vanity, but she was a really good soul. Mary Steenburgen
Good Soul Gorgeous Mother Vanity She Person Really
When I was going through sad times, I'd watch 'Cheers' at the end of the day to make me feel better. Mary Steenburgen
Sad Day Me Better End Of The Day Through Feel Make Cheers End Times Going Watch
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. Mary Steenburgen
Love Mom Thought Think Corny Our Kind Would About Arkansas Know Vows Because Came Did Where Again Really
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. Mary Steenburgen
Free South Africa New South Bunch Artists Africa Us Used Helped Found Started
Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern. Mary Steenburgen
Me Resonates Because South Southern Anything
There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can paraphrase it and make it better. Mary Steenburgen
Arrogance Words Better Simple Will Paraphrase Feel Like Look Make Because Maybe Script Certain Who Actor
There's just such a premium on hurrying, and the camera is the be all and end all, and the actors had better hurry up and get it right and get it done. Mary Steenburgen
Better Hurry Hurrying Had Camera End Up Get Done Just Premium Actor Right
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. Mary Steenburgen
Time Money Seriously Somebody Important Big Films Once Say John Cost Scene Fact Take Lot Very While Your
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. Mary Steenburgen
People Few Think Other Else Everyone Everyone Else Later Definitely Out Would Days Likely Because Least Test Came Lot Get Did Established Screen Hollywood Really Star
I don't know how I could plan my career. Mary Steenburgen
Could Know How Plan Career
Christopher Lloyd was actually the first person - or certainly one of the first few - who ever spoke to me on film. Mary Steenburgen
Me First Few Christopher Spoke First-Person Person Certainly Who Film Ever Actually
The sights and sounds and smells, the whole genre of Westerns - I love them. Mary Steenburgen
Love Sights Smells Genre Sounds Westerns Them Whole
Do I feel like I still need to prove myself? Absolutely. And I want to feel that way, and I like that. Mary Steenburgen
Myself Way Absolutely Feel Like Still Prove Want Need
I've had battles with writers who live in L.A. and were writing southern characters, because they felt like if they wrote 'Sugar' and 'Honey' at the end of every sentence, that would make it southern. Mary Steenburgen
Writing Live Every Sugar Honey Battles Characters Would Writers Had Like Wrote Make Because Felt Were End Southern Sentence Who
I remember when I was growing up and watching southern people depicted on television, I thought, 'Well, based on what I'm seeing, I guess I'm supposed to be stupid and racist.' It's still, sadly, the easy route for a writer to go. Mary Steenburgen
People Remember Thought Stupid Guess Television Easy Seeing Writer Remember When Supposed Sadly Well Still Go Up Southern Depicted Growing Growing Up Based Route Watching
Wii on Nintendo is amazing. Mary Steenburgen
Amazing Nintendo
There's a certain freedom that comes when people don't expect you to be sexy. Mary Steenburgen
Freedom You People Sexy Expect Certain
We don't want to be reminded that life ends at some point, so they don't put older people on the screen. Mary Steenburgen
Life People Older Some Point Put Reminded Screen Ends Want Older People
At one point, I kind of looked in the mirror and said, 'You know, you're a mom. You're a wife. People count on you; you can't go off the deep end into this kind of crazy musical swirl.' Mary Steenburgen
Mom Crazy You People Wife Mirror Musical Kind Point Count Know Looked Said Go Off End Deep Deep End
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