American - Actress | February 8, 1953 -
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
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Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern.
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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 make it better.
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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 done.
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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, is important. That's John Sayles.
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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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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 think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out.
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I have never had any success in planning my life, really.
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I don't know how I could plan my career.
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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 something inside of me that just connects or doesn't connect with the project.
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