Quotes by Marcia Gay Harden

About Marcia Gay Harden:

Marcia Gay Harden is an American film, television, and theatre actress.
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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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We can be incredibly disconnected in this day and age with computers and cell phones.

Marcia Gay Harden

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 kno...

Marcia Gay Harden

I've had an amazing career and amazing blessings. But I'm an everyday person, and I have lived an everyday life, and I drive an everyday car.

Marcia Gay Harden

As a mother, I love the Leapster handheld because it really delivers on educating children while they play. My daughter enjoys it because it's fun and touches on all of the activities she is interested in - videos, books and art.

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

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I'm not a big fan of mediocre.

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

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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.

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

You can manipulate the viewer in film. With theater, what you see is what you get.

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I loved playing Anne Bancroft, because she was so wonderfully arch.

Marcia Gay Harden

They tell us in magazines and in ads, 'Oh, you should look like this, you should wear this, you should look like this movie star, or you're nothing.' And so we're all totally unsatisfied.

Marcia Gay Harden

I just never wanted to be too much in the background. I always wanted to be a part of things.

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

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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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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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I don't think any extremism is rational.

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.

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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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Author Bio

  • NameMarcia Gay Harden
  • DescriptionAmerican actress
  • BornAugust 14, 1959
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Supporting Actress