Mary Stuart
Mary Stuart
Best remembered for portraying Joanne Gardner on the American soap opera "Search for Tomorrow," a role she played for 35 years.
ProfessionSoap Opera Actress
Date of Birth4 July 1926
mean people telling-stories
I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people.
like-you treats our-family
I learned from Francis Ford Coppola to treat the company like your family.
thinking feels
I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.
writing acting way
I learn a lot from acting, but it's not my natural way. I can't help but write; I do it all the time. It's a condition of being for me.
character interesting people
What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that it be dramatic and interesting and captivating, because these people weren't entertainers, you know.
running hands profound
On the other hand, there are only so many people who really knew how she was exactly, like what did her accent sound like, and the fact that she developed profound deafness when she was first running the Harriet Lane.
inspiring passion order
In this case they're doctors. But having passion for your work and to take risks in order to better human kind. That's a pretty big theme. It's pretty inspiring.
beautiful people matter
And that's what's beautiful to me, is he did not become a victim of it, and he didn't become a statistic, he just kind of kept on marching through, no matter what people threw at him.
love-is attention film
I love film sets, but I don't necessarily love being the center of attention.
differences hair people
I guess you should approach the roles differently when they're actual people who have been, this is the difference. Getting the accent exact, or the hair exact is less important in a situation like this.