Top 26 Quotes by Mary Steenburgen

I have never been able to sing in the shower, much less in front of anybody.

I got my SAG card on my first movie, 'Goin' South,' with Jack Nicholson in 1978.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out.

There's something inside of me that just connects or doesn't connect with the project.

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.