Marcia Gay Harden Quotes

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Marcia Gay Harden

Profession : Actress

Birth : August 14, 1959

We can be incredibly disconnected in this day and age with computers and cell phones.

Marcia Gay Harden

The only thing that seemed to me I could do in such a way that no one else could was acting. I thought, I can be a doctor, but there's going to be someone else who is just as good or better. I can be a lawyer, which I still sometimes think I would love to be, but I think there's someone who can do it just as good or better.

Marcia Gay Harden

I think irrationality is one of the scariest things in the world.

Marcia Gay Harden

My schools were quite diverse - those who serve their country come from every race and religion - and so the military schools I attended were a wonderful melting pot.

Marcia Gay Harden

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.

Marcia Gay Harden

Everybody says 'Good Morning' in Harlem because it's true! And that's lovely.

Marcia Gay Harden

I was always the child who wore her emotions on her sleeve.

Marcia Gay Harden

All those days of waiting on tables until I could get a role on Broadway, all that time going to school taking lessons, and all those years of being a nobody following a dream-and now here it is.

Marcia Gay Harden

Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany.

Marcia Gay Harden

I'm not a big fan of mediocre.

Marcia Gay Harden

I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the noticed, to be the one - I don't know if it exists for all personalities, but I know for sure it did with me.

Marcia Gay Harden

I love it when ugliness is beautiful. I love character flaws.

Marcia Gay Harden

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.

Marcia Gay Harden

In the theater, it's about taking time in a musical segment, a pause in a musical way and then moving on.

Marcia Gay Harden

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.

Marcia Gay Harden

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

Marcia Gay Harden

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.

Marcia Gay Harden

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.

Marcia Gay Harden

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.

Marcia Gay Harden

Whether you win or not, the night the Oscars are over, the curtain goes down and you go back to the grind. Period.

Marcia Gay Harden