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> [I think to visualize failure as you're starting off is really a bad thing to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/i-think-to-visualize-failure-as-you-re-starting-off-is-really-a-bad/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-gay-harden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab5/marcia-gay-harden-8656_bad_i-think-to-visualize-failure-as-you-re-s_2133232.jpg)

## More by Marcia Gay Harden

> [I think families should vacation together, and cruising is a wonderful option.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/i-think-families-should-vacation-together-and-cruising-is-a-wonderful/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/in-2005-i-had-the-great-honor-of-playing-shailene-woodley-s-mother-in/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-gay-harden/)

> [Its important that kids learn, but I really dont like all the testing, testing, testing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/its-important-that-kids-learn-but-i-really-dont-like-all-the-testing/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/the-important-thing-is-that-when-you-correct-your-children-they-see/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-gay-harden/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/i-m-fortunate-to-have-a-team-of-people-who-help-me-i-ve-got-an/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-gay-harden/)

> [I loved playing Anne Bancroft, because she was so wonderfully arch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/i-loved-playing-anne-bancroft-because-she-was-so-wonderfully-arch/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/with-any-tween-you-have-issues-from-what-they-are-going-to-wear-to/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-gay-harden/)

> [So far, the thing I seem to have been rewarded for in film is leaving myself behind and transforming myself into other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/so-far-the-thing-i-seem-to-have-been-rewarded-for-in-film-is-leaving/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-gay-harden/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/you-re-over-there-in-the-corner-either-thinking-about-the-dead-dog-or/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/i-was-always-an-exhibitionist-i-liked-it-when-everyone-laughed-but-i/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-gay-harden/)

> [I'm not a big fan of mediocre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/i-m-not-a-big-fan-of-mediocre/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-gay-harden/)

> [I played Laura Bush in a Tony Kushner piece, and afterward, I think my phones got tapped.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/i-played-laura-bush-in-a-tony-kushner-piece-and-afterward-i-think-my/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-gay-harden/)

> [ I celebrated \[my 50th birthday\] by throwing a big bowl on the pottery wheel, then going for a water ski at the lake on… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/i-celebrated-my-50th-birthday-by-throwing-a-big-bowl-on-the-pottery/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-gay-harden/)

> [The people who stood out in the Sandy Hook incident, the heroes, were the normal, ordinary people who went to save those children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/the-people-who-stood-out-in-the-sandy-hook-incident-the-heroes-were/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-gay-harden/i-have-a-theory-that-there-s-almost-this-primal-viewpoint-on-women-in/)

[Marcia Gay Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-gay-harden/)

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