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Mary Steenburgen

"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."

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Brennan Manning

"Whatever you do gives you the name it gives."

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Brennan Manning

"I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody."

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Brennan Manning

"Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em."

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Brennan Manning

"Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the council, at the demand of the king, were not approved of for successors."

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Brennan Manning

"Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet."

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Brennan Manning

"When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing."

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Brennan Manning

"Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about."

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Brennan Manning

"The point of writing my name to you is that I see who you are, you see who I am... and that's what it's about."

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Brennan Manning

"Rock'n'roll has to be destroyed and rebuilt in my name if it's ever gonna accomplish anything."

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Brennan Manning

"I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it."

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Mary Steenburgen
"It was a few days later I came out to Hollywood for a screen test, and so did a lot of other people. So, I really didn't think I would get it. I was definitely the one that was least likely to get it, because everyone else was an already established star."

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Mary Steenburgen
"I take the fact that films cost a lot of money very seriously, but once in a while to have somebody say, This is a big scene, take your time with it, is important. That's John Sayles."

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

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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."

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Mary Steenburgen
"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."

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Mary Steenburgen
"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."

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Mary Steenburgen
"I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from."

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Mary Steenburgen
"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."

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Mary Steenburgen
"I helped found Artists for New South Africa, but it used to be called Artists for Free South Africa. Alfre Woodard and a bunch of us started this."

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Mary Steenburgen
"I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out."

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