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> [ Neil \[Simon\] was considered our greatest \[living playwright\] at the time \[of their marriage\]. Maybe he still is; I don't know. But anyway, he was hugely successful, and I just kind of got folded into that. And in some ways,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-mason/neil-simon-was-considered-our-greatest-living-playwright-at-the-time/)

[Marsha Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-mason/)

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## More by Marsha Mason

> [The idea of being a single woman in Hollywood is a very peculiar thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-mason/the-idea-of-being-a-single-woman-in-hollywood-is-a-very-peculiar-thing/)

[Marsha Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-mason/)

> [I thought I wasn't attractive or talented anymore. I cried easily and was depressed and removed. I became emotionally insecure about what the second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-mason/i-thought-i-wasn-t-attractive-or-talented-anymore-i-cried-easily-and/)

[Marsha Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-mason/)

> [ Neil \[Simon\] was considered our greatest \[living playwright\] at the time \[of their marriage\]. Maybe he still is; I don't know. But anyway, he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-mason/neil-simon-was-considered-our-greatest-living-playwright-at-the-time/)

[Marsha Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-mason/)

> [The complexity of the emotional life of the play is what you live to work on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-mason/the-complexity-of-the-emotional-life-of-the-play-is-what-you-live-to/)

[Marsha Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-mason/)

> [It's enormously good fun. I love it. I really do. I have this sort of set face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-mason/it-s-enormously-good-fun-i-love-it-i-really-do-i-have-this-sort-of/)

[Marsha Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-mason/)

> [I always hated the part when I had to look pretty. I love that I don't have to look pretty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-mason/i-always-hated-the-part-when-i-had-to-look-pretty-i-love-that-i-don-t/)

[Marsha Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-mason/)

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