Quotes by Marcia Gay Harden - Page 2

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.
Marcia Gay Harden / Film Actress
Teacher
Inspired
Middle
Middle School
Worthy
Science Me Feel
Acknowledged
Science Teacher Me
Simply
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Sometimes I ride my bike to see the kids after a matinee and then ride back to do the show. That's the hard part, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Marcia Gay Harden / Film Actress
Bike
Any Other Way
Hard Part
Ride
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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 / Film Actress
Homework
Hypocritical
Time Family Home
Becomes
Close
Family Time Home
Nonexistent
Send
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I'm fortunate to have a team of people who help me. I've got an assistant, an office manager, a nanny - she's not full-time, but she's there when I need her.
Marcia Gay Harden / Film Actress
Fortunate
Office
Me People Help
Assistant
Full-Time
Manager
Nanny
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Oh, I just love being a character actress. You have a lot of fun, and not only that, you save tons on cosmetic surgery because you never have to have liposuction.
Marcia Gay Harden / Film Actress
Surgery
Love Character Fun
Character Actress
Cosmetic
Save
Tons
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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 / Film Actress
Diverse
Melting
Melting Pot
Attended
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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.
Marcia Gay Harden / Film Actress
Contact
Lenses
Politely
Regularly
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After I won the Oscar for 'Pollock,' some newspaper printed, 'She should get a million-dollar bump.' My sisters would write me, 'You're gonna get this million-dollar bump!'
Marcia Gay Harden / Film Actress
Printed
Sisters
Bump
Newspaper
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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 / Film Actress
Adventure
Felicity
Honor
Impressed
Work Ethic
Work Great Mother
Ethic
Immediately
On And Off
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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 / Film Actress
Ads
Magazines
Movie Star
Unsatisfied
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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 / Film Actress
Cry
Feet
Stoic
Upset
Hidden
Stamp
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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 / Film Actress
Dad
Forever
Germany
Moving
School
Attended
Encouraged
Meeting
Neighborhoods
Schools
Service
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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 / Film Actress
Dream
Broadway
Following
Lessons
School
Tables
Waiting
Years
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A New York casting director, who shall remain nameless, once said to me, 'Marcia, you have what I call the flaring-nostril look, and until you get something done about it, you will never, ever work.'
Marcia Gay Harden / Film Actress
Casting
Work Done Me
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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 / Film Actress
Family Work Me
Exists
Noticed
Personalities
Relationships
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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.
Marcia Gay Harden / Film Actress
Activities
Educating
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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 / Film Actress
Brad
Movie Star
Anyway
Legend
Passed
Tony
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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 / Film Actress
Personal Life
Scene
Bringing
Corner
Throws
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I celebrated [my 50th birthday] by throwing a big bowl on the pottery wheel, then going for a water ski at the lake on our property in the Catskills, and that night, skinny-dipping under the stars. Just being free and joyful. And that's how I [felt] about turning 50.
Marcia Gay Harden / Film Actress
Lakes
Night
Stars
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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 / Film Actress
Differences
Embrace
Lord
Stature
Beauties
Creed
Exacting
Sexual
Regardless
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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 know I'd end up making my living from low-budget, independent films.
Marcia Gay Harden / Film Actress
Primal
Theory
Independent Films
Low-Budget
Perceived
Viewpoint
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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 / Film Actress
Love Good Better
Doctor
Such A Way
The Only Thing
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