Mariette Hartley Quotes

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Mariette Hartley

Profession : Actress

Birth : June 21, 1940

I've never had a homosexual or bisexual experience, but it doesn't make me uncomfortable to dip into those feelings. I think a lot of women have those feelings without acting on them.

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It's an extraordinary experience to encounter the two kinds of deaths of my parents, one violent and jagged, it hits you like a tornado, the other, gentle with grace and dignity.

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Dad was a hunter and had guns in the house all the time.

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Well, thank God I have this face, and it's a believable face, and that also seems to be my acting style.

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It's nice to be thought of as soft and sensual.

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Bipolar disorder is something that is mine. And it is very difficult to talk about it.

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I got used to certain things that normal kids don't get used to, like, when my mother went into the kitchen for things other than just cooking. I could hear the bottle open up and I could hear the chugs. Then the next morning, none of it was discussed. You grow up feeling crazy.

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The casting-couch routine has been going on for ages, from top directors to the lowliest agents. I had to attend a meeting where four actresses filed complaints against the same person over his moral conduct. It's not a funny situation.

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Theater has always been my less-fickle friend.

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I love those kinds of parts that don't seem to be huge but they really strike a chord with the audience.

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There wasn't exactly a plethora of physical affection in our family.

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I wanted to put my present joy in the context of all the past pain, to show that there really is light at the end of the tunnel.

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I don't even consider it therapy anymore. I consider it availing myself of a guide.

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Mariette is a nickname. My real name is Mary Loretta.

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My training was in theater, and I was asked to be a journalist.

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It hasn't been easy for me to get roles in movies after so much exposure on television. There's an anathema about TV, and breaking away from it is difficult for almost everybody.

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It was a joy to do something sensual and sexy. It was exciting. I don't get many of those types of roles.

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I started acting when I was 10.

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I was very much a character actress. But I've never stopped doing theater.

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NBC President Fred Silverman told me he would change my life, and proceeded to offer me a five to seven-year contract to replace Jane Pauley as co-host of 'The Today Show.'

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