Mary Steenburgen

About this episode

Evan Ross Katz interviews actress Mary Steenburgen about her career, friendships, and marriage.

Evan Ross Katz sits with actress and comedian MARY STEENBURGEN who shares fond memories with Hollywood’s favorites: DIANE KEATON, JANE FONDA, and JACK NICHOLSON, how empathy influences her acting, some thoughts on the success of her 30-year-marriage to TED DANSON, and much more.  Host: Evan Ross Katz Producer: Sophia Asmuth  Show links: Evan Ross Katz on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/evanrosskatz/ CHAPTERS (00:00) Intro (7:22) Moving out of LA (12:13) Humanitarian work, empathy in acting, studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sandy Meisner (22:28) Moving to New York, Jack Nicholson mentorship (36:43) Diane Keaton friendship, portraying loss in storytelling (42:51) Book Club costars Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton (47:23) Working with Ted Danson, marrying Ted Danson, relationship advice (55:00) Mary’s heroes  See  acast.com/privacy  for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Evan Ross Katz

Guest: MARY STEENBURGEN

Topics covered

• acting
• Hollywood friendships
• empathy
• marriage
• storytelling
• humanitarian work

Keywords

• Mary Steenburgen
• Evan Ross Katz
• acting
• Hollywood
• empathy
• Ted Danson
• friendship
• storytelling

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