Quotes by 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.”

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

“In the theater, its about taking time in a musical segment, a pause in a musical way and then moving on.”

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

“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.”

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

“Youre over there in the corner either thinking about the dead dog or whatever, youre bringing up your personal life and you need the space, and then somebody throws you a joke. Especially if its an emotional scene, you dont want the joke.”

“My dad wasnt thrilled at my wanting to act. He even offered to pay for a computer course if Id change my mind.”

“Brad works in a really different way because his craft is very different. His upbringing is very different. Brad came up through film and he was like, what, 10 when he did Thelma and Louise? He came up through film, so he has a whole different way of working. What I loved about Brad-and a lot of people wont do this-Brad is extremely generous. Hell try anything.”

“Im just a pack mule. Ive played leads and Ive played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin.”

I think to visualize failure as youre starting off is really a bad thing to do.

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

I had a science teacher in middle school who inspired me... simply because she acknowledged me and made me feel that what I had to offer was worthy.

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

Everybody says Good Morning in Harlem because its true! And thats lovely.

In my kids school, the married family is an anomaly... which I do think is sad. I do believe in marriage.