163 Quotes by Mary Steenburgen

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    'Last Man On Earth,' I have to say, is a love for me. I mean, a true passion. To people who haven't watched it or who've watched a little and thought, 'Ah, I don't know where this is going,' or whatever, I urge them to check it out again.

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    'Step Brothers' is probably the film the most people who approach me want to talk about.

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    My agents and managers deserve a special Emmy award for scheduling.

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    Like most people, I have a dark side, but because of roles I played early on, people tend not to guess that.

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    The part in 'Philadelphia' where I represent the law firm that's firing Tom Hanks, that was a hard part for me because I lost one of my best friends to AIDS, and it was hard for me to play a part that wasn't sympathetic to someone with AIDS.

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    I've had a great time doing it - being able to say yes to a couple of amazing shows.

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    I grew up believing in Santa Claus, and we still treat our house at Christmas with a huge reverence for that belief - even though our children are 19 through 23.

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    I used to think I was going to die wise, and now, the one wisdom I have is I know very little.

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    There's just a total boatload of crazy that goes with singing live for the first time when you're 60 years old.

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