Marcia Gay Harden Quotes

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Marcia Gay Harden

Profession : Actress

Birth : August 14, 1959

Harlem is a very family-oriented neighborhood, and it always has been.

Marcia Gay Harden

It's important that kids learn, but I really don't like all the testing, testing, testing.

Marcia Gay Harden

I relate to people and roles that are about the arc of human experience, things that everyday people deal with every day.

Marcia Gay Harden

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.

Marcia Gay Harden

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.

Marcia Gay Harden

You have to make sure that you and your child are connecting, and it does help when they are looking directly into your eyes.

Marcia Gay Harden

The important thing is that when you correct your children, they see what they've done wrong and why you're upset.

Marcia Gay Harden

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.

Marcia Gay Harden

I think families should vacation together, and cruising is a wonderful option.

Marcia Gay Harden

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.

Marcia Gay Harden

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.

Marcia Gay Harden

Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me.

Marcia Gay Harden

I don't think any extremism is rational.

Marcia Gay Harden

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.

Marcia Gay Harden