Marcia Gay Harden Quotes
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I always wanted to be in movies.
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I'm fortunate to have a team of people who help me. I've got an assistant, an office manager, a nanny - she's not full-time, but she's there when I need her.
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They tell us in magazines and in ads, 'Oh, you should look like this, you should wear this, you should look like this movie star, or you're nothing.' And so we're all totally unsatisfied.
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I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin.
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The people who stood out in the Sandy Hook incident, the heroes, were the normal, ordinary people who went to save those children.
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There are certainly a billion, ker-trillion girls out there more attractive than I am.
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I think to visualize failure as you're starting off is really a bad thing to do.
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You have to make sure that you and your child are connecting, and it does help when they are looking directly into your eyes.
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A New York casting director, who shall remain nameless, once said to me, 'Marcia, you have what I call the flaring-nostril look, and until you get something done about it, you will never, ever work.'
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I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.
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I had a science teacher in middle school who inspired me... simply because she acknowledged me and made me feel that what I had to offer was worthy.
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If you think someone committed a crime, you should turn them in to whomever you perceive authority to be.
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I examine other people's characteristics, so when I'm playing characters, I don't always have to make them me; I can transform into others.
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I don't think any extremism is rational.
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I loved playing Anne Bancroft, because she was so wonderfully arch.
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Harlem is a very family-oriented neighborhood, and it always has been.
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It's hard to balance work and family.
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People have such false perceptions of how stardom really works.
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In my opinion, Zac Efron is a total hero. Him seeking help encourages other people with addictive issues to seek help. It's brave of him.
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In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.
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Oh, I just love being a character actress. You have a lot of fun, and not only that, you save tons on cosmetic surgery because you never have to have liposuction.
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In my kids' school, the married family is an anomaly... which I do think is sad. I do believe in marriage.
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I have a theory that there's almost this primal viewpoint on women in the business, that once you're beyond childbearing age, you are perceived as nonthreatening, nonsexual, noncastable. Sure, I already knew it before I got into it. I just didn't know I'd end up making my living from low-budget, independent films.
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With any tween, you have issues, from what they are going to wear to school, to how do you get them to speak politely, to how regularly they lose their contact lenses.