Mary Steenburgen

Dancing in the strip club, Not the dancing, but the being naked was excruciatingly scary for me.

— Mary Steenburgen

I learned not to care what other people think.

— Mary Steenburgen

I was this person with this weird last name from New York that no one had ever heard of. But my screen…

— Mary Steenburgen

I love to play horrible, evil, mean people.

— Mary Steenburgen

I wrote my first song when I was 54 years old.

— Mary Steenburgen

I have loved by far the majority of the people I've worked with and the experiences I've had.

— 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…

— Mary Steenburgen

I wanted it to be a wonderful combination of being able to dance a little bit, not being especially good, but also…

— Mary Steenburgen

When you read books, you kind of create that whole world in your mind, and you go on a journey with the…

— Mary Steenburgen

I've done little things, including Botox, but it didn't feel right for me.

— Mary Steenburgen

As an actress, my best tools are my emotions and expressions.

— Mary Steenburgen

If there's an addiction in the Clinton family, it's to problem solving.

— Mary Steenburgen

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

— Mary Steenburgen

Our culture loves movies and TV, which is wonderful, but there's something a little bit passive sometimes about watching, because you're looking…

— Mary Steenburgen

I think I did a couple of test commercials that didn't even make it on the air. That's how little I had…

— Mary Steenburgen

The accordion came from just having a desire to play music. Somehow, I have slowly taught myself.

— Mary Steenburgen

You've never seen anything until you've seen David Mamet be an Edwardian lady. He always conveys what he means, but he's so...…

— Mary Steenburgen

I've found that most people who studied when they were little, even if they never took another tap class, it's percussive, so…

— Mary Steenburgen

'Step Brothers' was like a reward for going through my whole career and somehow surviving.

— Mary Steenburgen

I learned so much about life and other human beings - then about myself.

— Mary Steenburgen

I'm not a great horse person, but I love horses, and I love all of it. The sights and sounds and smells,…

— Mary Steenburgen

My heritage, many generations back, is Dutch and it was fun to go where nobody asked me how to pronounce my name.

— Mary Steenburgen

People that want it to just be funny should not despair, because there is so much true crazy comedy coming up.

— Mary Steenburgen

I loved working with Malcolm [McDowell]. He's been such an important person in my life. I mean, not just as someone I…

— Mary Steenburgen

The time that Ted and I spend talking about our careers is almost infinitesimally small. We mostly talk about our kids and…

— Mary Steenburgen