{"id":15060,"date":"2026-07-23T21:36:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15060"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:36:04","slug":"mary-steenburgen-on-the-dink-and-falling-in-love-with-pickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15060","title":{"rendered":"Mary Steenburgen on The Dink and Falling in Love With Pickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">But on the first day of<em> Step Brothers<\/em>, what he and John C. Reilly were doing was so high-level, off-the-charts, insane, bonkers, brilliant, that Richard Jenkins, who&#8217;s an extraordinary actor, and I looked at each other and went, &#8220;What the hell are we doing here?\u201d And I think both of us had this kind of crazy feeling, like, \u201cI can&#8217;t do that.\u201d And so I went home that night, and I really thought about it, and I came back the next day, and I said, \u201cRichard, I figured it out. I know what we&#8217;re doing here.\u201d And he said, \u201cWhat?\u201d I said, \u201cIt is our job to hold down the truth that these two grown idiots are living at home with them. We have to make that real.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\"><strong>At the 2025 Emmys, you and Ted received the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.televisionacademy.com\/features\/news\/awards-news\/bob-hope-humanitarian-250730\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\"><strong>Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.<\/strong><\/a><strong> You\u2019ve both been active in a variety of causes, including anti-apartheid in South Africa, research for pediatric AIDS, and the importance of arts in public schools. 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