American - Actress | February 8, 1953 -
When you spend three months of your life doing a movie, it's important to enjoy yourself.
Mary Steenburgen
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Writing is essentially an internal process.
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There's a grace about the South and a toughness about it, too.
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It's very easy to approach a character like that - a so-called strong woman who overcomes the odds - and give a one-note performance, playing that strength alone. Strength is only one thing a person has.
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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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Ultimately, there are only two emotions: love and fear. And pretty much anything else you want to name can be broken down into one of those.
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You don't get to make Westerns every day.
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There's a style to doing period pieces, and you can't do a Western without understanding 'My Darling Clementine.'
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A period piece is a great opportunity for an actress. I love acting because I love to pretend, and when you're doing a period piece, then even the time you're in is pretend, so there's that much more to play with.
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I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen.
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I didn't work for a couple of years after the Oscar because everybody kept offering me bad versions of Lynda Dummar.
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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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