Author Profile
Mary Steenburgen
1953 • American • Actress
62
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 62 quotesI'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
Do I feel like I still need to prove myself? Absolutely. And I want to feel that way, and I like that.— Mary Steenburgen
I've found that most people who studied when they were little, even if they never took another tap class, it's percussive, so it stays in your body, the muscle memory of it.— Mary Steenburgen
Christopher Lloyd was actually the first person - or certainly one of the first few - who ever spoke to me on film.— Mary Steenburgen
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.— Mary Steenburgen
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
I would say that the things that have really left a mark on me have more to do with my family and my children's lives rather than a film role.— Mary Steenburgen
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.— Mary Steenburgen
I think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out.— Mary Steenburgen
I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out.— Mary Steenburgen