Mary Steenburgen Quotes

I don't have any plans of slowing down. I love being an actor.

Before I was an actor, I was a fan.

Acting for the Indian audience is surely on my bucket list; it may take some time, though.

I felt, this is what I want to be in my life. I want to be an actress.

People always think actors are really 'out there,' so you wouldn't have me pegged as one, but I knew pretty early on it was what I wanted to do, and I think that's pretty lucky.

'Cause it's really hard, it's hard to be an actor.

When I left Maine, I always wanted to be a working actor. I never cared too much about being the star. I just wanted to do the work and get on with it.

I would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42 years of age, but I'd love to act.

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

Do I have any potential as an actor? I don't know. I'm still wondering. But acting has kind of taken over.

Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically based than anything else. I never had the preconceived notion, 'I will be a comedic actor.' I just thought, 'I'll go into acting and see what kind of work I can get.'

I knew that I wanted to be a film actress and I never watched TV. I was always too busy.

I'd love to be on a TV series someday, but I believe you get the jobs that you're meant to get. If the job that I'm meant to get is another musical or another play or film or TV show, I'm just happy to keep working.

I've been acting a long time. I've been a member of SAG since 1982.

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.

If my kids decide to be actors and really, truly love it and are passionate about it, then I would definitely want to help them along their way, but it's a tough business.

I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.

I did not expect to be allowed to be an actor, to be allowed to eventually direct things.

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

Incidentally, I'm still looking for acting work, my first love.

I really want to try to become a great actress when I get older and continue to do what I'm doing now.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.

I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I've always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.

I hope I have quite a few great roles to come.