Marcia Gay Harden Quotes
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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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In any film, there are 10 male roles for 1 female role, especially in the action films. They're heavy with the guys.
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I relate to people and roles that are about the arc of human experience, things that everyday people deal with every day.
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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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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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You're over there in the corner either thinking about the dead dog or whatever, you're bringing up your personal life and you need the space, and then somebody throws you a joke. Especially if it's an emotional scene, you don't want the joke.
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I always wanted to be in movies.
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There are certainly a billion, ker-trillion girls out there more attractive than I am.
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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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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 don't think any extremism is rational.
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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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I think to visualize failure as you're starting off is really a bad thing to do.
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Harlem is a very family-oriented neighborhood, and it always has been.
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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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After I won the Oscar for 'Pollock,' some newspaper printed, 'She should get a million-dollar bump.' My sisters would write me, 'You're gonna get this million-dollar bump!'
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The trophy wife must be in her 20s to earn the title 'trophy wife.'
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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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It's very hypocritical to constantly say, 'We want to keep our kids close,' then send them home with so much homework that family time becomes nonexistent.
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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'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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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.
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You want to know how I'm feeling? Just look at me, and I'll tell you how I'm feeling. Nothing is hidden. I'm all out there. I cry like a baby, I get upset, I stamp my feet. I'm not stoic.
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I loved playing Anne Bancroft, because she was so wonderfully arch.