When writing dialogue, you don't have to keep changing the verb and adding stage business. That stuff only slows down the story. What the characters say is the strongest element, so stick with that and keep things moving.

EXHAUSTING (for both writer & reader):

“Hi Maria,” I said.

“Where is he?” she demanded.

“What do you mean?” I shot back, not angry yet but working up to it.

Maria's eyes flashed. “You know perfectly well what I mean!” she shouted angrily.

“Settle down, I said as calmly as I could, my entire body trembling with rage, “before someone gets hurt.”

“Someone-ha!” was her sarcastic rejoinder, her fists clenched, her face curling into a mocking smile.

BETTER:

“Hi Maria,” I said.

“Where is he?” she demanded.

“What do you mean?”

“You know perfectly well what I mean!”

“Settle down,” I said, “before someone gets hurt.”

“Someone-ha!”