To Mary Steenburgen, “reading is everything.”
Now, the Oscar-winning actress is sharing that love of reading with a new generation.
Steenburgen, 63, has partnered with the SAG-aftra Foundation’s children’s literacy website Storyline Online so that children around the world can be read to with just the click of a button.
“Reading is how I became an actor because I didn’t grow up in a house where there was an awareness of film or theater,” Steenburgen tells People. “I also grew up in a house full of teachers so reading was big in our world.”
“My family didn’t...
Now, the Oscar-winning actress is sharing that love of reading with a new generation.
Steenburgen, 63, has partnered with the SAG-aftra Foundation’s children’s literacy website Storyline Online so that children around the world can be read to with just the click of a button.
“Reading is how I became an actor because I didn’t grow up in a house where there was an awareness of film or theater,” Steenburgen tells People. “I also grew up in a house full of teachers so reading was big in our world.”
“My family didn’t...
- 12/15/2016
- by briannetracytimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
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