Essential oils are extremely important to me. Mary Steenburgen More Quotes by Mary Steenburgen More Quotes From Mary Steenburgen I'd never studied film. I had movies that I loved and movie stars that I looked up to, but I really had not seen a lot of the great classic films that he felt like he wanted me to see before I took on such a huge role. Mary Steenburgen classic-filmsrolesstars I wanted it to be a wonderful combination of being able to dance a little bit, not being especially good, but also playing a character who says the line, "I love to dance". Mary Steenburgen lineslittlescharacter I loved working with Malcolm [McDowell]. He's been such an important person in my life. I mean, not just as someone I was married to, which is huge, and the father of my children, which is even bigger, but also as a friend and an inspiration and somebody who probably helped to fuel something that all my reading as a child had already started, which was a love of England and the world of the theater over there, which I became involved with through him and probably because of him. Mary Steenburgen inspirationfatherchildren I think I did a couple of test commercials that didn't even make it on the air. That's how little I had really done. I knew almost nothing about the camera. In fact, I actually did know nothing about the camera. Mary Steenburgen coupleairthinking I studied with Sandy Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. I was in the last class to study with him before he had his larynx removed, so I actually remember the sound of his voice. He was an incredible teacher. Mary Steenburgen voiceclassteacher Dancing in the strip club, Not the dancing, but the being naked was excruciatingly scary for me. Mary Steenburgen nakedscarydancing I decided if you're lucky enough to be alive, you should use each birthday to celebrate what your life is about. Mary Steenburgen youcelebratebirthdaylife Like most people, I have a dark side, but because of roles I played early on, people tend not to guess that. Mary Steenburgen likedark-sidedarkpeople I feel like I'm attracted to characters who have one foot firmly planted on the ground. And their heads up in the clouds somewhere. Practical dreamers. They try to impress you that they've got this whole thing figured out, but there's more going on inside their heads than you might imagine. Mary Steenburgen feelyouimpressclouds I wanted a relationship like the one my mother and father had. It wasn't perfect; they had to work on it. But there was an unbelievable mutual respect. Mary Steenburgen respectmotherworkrelationship Our culture loves movies and TV, which is wonderful, but there's something a little bit passive sometimes about watching, because you're looking at other people's imagination at work. Mary Steenburgen youworkculturepeople I'm kind of a laugh junkie. It's what I appreciate in life, because life is rich and sometimes it's hard, and I really, really love to laugh and gravitate towards people who make me laugh. Mary Steenburgen melovelifepeople I have never been able to sing in the shower, much less in front of anybody. Mary Steenburgen showersingbeennever My agents and managers deserve a special Emmy award for scheduling. Mary Steenburgen awardschedulingdeservespecial If there's an addiction in the Clinton family, it's to problem solving. Mary Steenburgen solvingaddictionfamilyproblem I loved Westerns for different reasons as an adult. It is not only our only native brand of storytelling - the only one that's not influenced by Europeans and not something that's done better by the French - but I also love the sensuality of the Western. The sights, sounds, and smell of a Western are very exciting. Mary Steenburgen brandlovedbetterlove The time that Ted and I spend talking about our careers is almost infinitesimally small. We mostly talk about our kids and our grandkids. I think we talk about our careers if something funny happened at work. We're very childlike in many ways. Mary Steenburgen thinkworktimefunny My mother was a gorgeous person with no vanity, but she was a really good soul. Mary Steenburgen persongoodsoulmother Whenever we start a new TV series, there's also a lot of question marks, and part of that is finding who you are. Mary Steenburgen findingnewstartyou I would like to think that in America, as time goes on, you gain freedom, not lose freedom. Mary Steenburgen thinkyoufreedomtime
