Marcia Gay Harden Quotes
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.
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I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.'
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When our time's up, it's up. All the money in the world won't buy you one more day.
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My mother is my hero.
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I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very self-conscious. My job isn't to be me. Being an actor, people think you can do a eulogy at a funeral, a speech at a wedding. I find all that very nerve-racking.
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I feel exhausted if I teach too long.
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A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is just occurring to me right now' - and speaking sincerely.
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I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me.
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Anytime someone tells me that I can't do something, I want to do it more.
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I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old... Your days are gone; it is part of life.
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France has more need of me than I have need of France.
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
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I hate downtime.
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I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.
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Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.
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I really believe at the end of the day, regardless of how noble you are or how patriotic the film might be, it has to serve as entertainment in order for your audiences to come into the theatre and watch it. Otherwise, audiences will wait and see it a few months later when it is premiered on television.
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It's always been hard trying to find the right pieces that go together, but it's always been something that interests me - finding new ways to be fashionable and cute but still being modest.
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I like a man who can build things. Whittle me something out of wood and I'm sold.
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If you think you can do better, then do better. Don't compete with anyone; just yourself.
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At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.
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I'm not a big fan of mediocre.
