Mary Steenburgen

My son, he has a film group, a bunch of film nerds that sit around and screen movies, and when they had Mary Steenburgen Night, the two movies they screened were 'Melvin And Howard' and 'Clifford.'

I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen.

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.

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.

I've had a great time doing it - being able to say yes to a couple of amazing shows.

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

I had a sense of mortality since I was a little girl, which has to do with my father, who nearly died eight times in my childhood. He had eight heart attacks.

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.

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

Writing is essentially an internal process.

I didn't work for a year and a half after 'Melvin and Howard' because all I was being offered was silly parts.

I don't worry when I go away for a while. I think there is a place for me. It may not be at the top of the heap. But that doesn't bother me, either. I think I will always be able to get work - which is the only thing I have ever really been interested in.