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11 quotes by Mary Steenburgen

Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing the role of Lynda Dummar in Jonathan Demme's 1980 film Melvin and Howard. Steenburgen, who studied at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse in the 1970s, also received a Golden Globe nomination for the 1981 film Ragtime, a BAFTA TV Award nomination for the 1985 TV...
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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out.

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Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern.

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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.

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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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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.... →

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I'd already made the decision before I'd even read it-just because it was John Sayles. Then when I read it, the themes were actually themes... →

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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... →

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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... →

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