Marcia Gay Harden Quotes
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The trophy wife must be in her 20s to earn the title 'trophy wife.'
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I think irrationality is one of the scariest things in the world.
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I love physical comedy. I adore comedy of any kind.
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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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Everyone thinks offers are always pouring in. Offers have never poured in. Never. I was auditioning a lot, but I didn't get the jobs.
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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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Back in the days of Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis, beauty wasn't the be-all and end-all it is today.
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I love being a mother; I hate being a housewife - the cooking, the laundry - because it takes away time I could be with my kids.
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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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Working on 'King Of Texas' was a life experience for me.
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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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I was always the child who wore her emotions on her sleeve.
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You know what I miss? I miss myself, that time to just do things for myself.
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I'm always a little starstruck anyway. So to work with a movie star, which is Brad, I was excited about that; to work with a movie legend, which is Tony, I wouldn't have passed that up. Just to get to watch him and watch how he works.
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I played Laura Bush in a Tony Kushner piece, and afterward, I think my phones got tapped.
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You want people - I want people to relate to me as a character. I want them to go, 'That could have been me,' or, 'I know someone like that.'
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Anybody who is really walking with the Lord is embracing the foibles and the beauties and the differences of humanity, regardless of race, color, creed, economic stature and sexual proclivity, whatever. You embrace the beauty of humanity and not be exacting and belittling about the differences.
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In 2005, I had the great honor of playing Shailene Woodley's mother in 'Felicity: An American Girl Adventure.' I was immediately impressed by her work ethic, both on and off set.
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I've never really liked horror films.
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So far, the thing I seem to have been rewarded for in film is leaving myself behind and transforming myself into other people.
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I think families should vacation together, and cruising is a wonderful option.
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Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me.
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Sometimes I ride my bike to see the kids after a matinee and then ride back to do the show. That's the hard part, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Whether you win or not, the night the Oscars are over, the curtain goes down and you go back to the grind. Period.