Mary Steenburgen

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 that have been a big part of my life.

I am lucky enough not to have to take jobs unless I love the material.

It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.