Mary Steenburgen Quotes

I had done maybe three lines of dialogue, ever, before doing 'Death Proof.'

The first film I was in was called 'Straight Time.' I was five-years old, and I was playing my father's son.

I had acted opposite Sathyaraj in 'Uchchi Thanai Mugarndhal.' It was a role which some actresses refused to do.

I never thought my first role in a film would be a grandmother.

I started acting before that when I was about 13 or 14.

I met John when I was 18 and I was in my first John Waters film when I was 19.

I like actors - I used to be one.

The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.

I indeed had only one scene, one speech, one little speech, but it was with Robin Williams.

I never had a better role than I had in 'Little Miss Sunshine.' That was one of my favorite roles ever.

I'm going to be an actor.

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role.

The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor.

My first movie role was a supporting performance in a Canadian film called 'Final Lady.' It was a great opportunity for me at the time.

One of my first real parts was 'Crash' - that won the Oscar.

I tested on a lot of TV shows and films after I finished drama school.

I knew what my scripts would say before I opened them: 'Enter Conchita.' I played handmaidens, Indian squaws, and Mexican dancers.

My very first scene on camera for anything was with Sarah Jessica Parker in the 'Sex and the City' movie, and she couldn't have been more lovely and beautiful and kind, and on top of that, she's just a killer actress.

I played a eunuch in 'Shabnam Mausi' with Ashutosh Rana and no one even knew when the film released.

Bottom line is, off-beat film or commercial films, Tollywood or Bollywood, it's the role that matters to me.

I want to be an actor.

My father was just 9 when he started as a child actor in 'Afsana.'

I did one or two plays at school. Once I played a tree, so I never thought I would be a good actor.

One thing I've really never had a problem with was memorizing lines. Most of the time I don't memorize the lines until we're on the set shooting the scene.