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…

— 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.…

— Marcia Gay Harden

All those days of waiting on tables until I could get a role on Broadway, all that time going to school taking…

— Marcia Gay Harden

Working on 'King Of Texas' was a life experience for me.

— Marcia Gay Harden

I think irrationality is one of the scariest things in the world.

— Marcia Gay Harden

It's important that kids learn, but I really don't like all the testing, testing, testing.

— Marcia Gay Harden

Back in the days of Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis, beauty wasn't the be-all and end-all it is today.

— Marcia Gay Harden

In any film, there are 10 male roles for 1 female role, especially in the action films. They're heavy with the guys.

— Marcia Gay Harden

If you think someone committed a crime, you should turn them in to whomever you perceive authority to be.

— Marcia Gay Harden

Doing theater is such a specifically energetic and almost acrobatic work.

— Marcia Gay Harden

It's very hypocritical to constantly say, 'We want to keep our kids close,' then send them home with so much homework that…

— Marcia Gay Harden

In my opinion, Zac Efron is a total hero. Him seeking help encourages other people with addictive issues to seek help. It's…

— Marcia Gay Harden

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…

— Marcia Gay Harden

Isn't it nice not to have to compartmentalize yourself?

— Marcia Gay Harden

I've been so lucky to work with some great, great writers: Tony Kushner and Yasmina Reza.

— Marcia Gay Harden

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

— Marcia Gay Harden

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

— Marcia Gay Harden

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

— Marcia Gay Harden

Oh, I just love being a character actress. You have a lot of fun, and not only that, you save tons on…

— Marcia Gay Harden

If you are not in the red playroom of pain and pleasure, … shooting the movie is much like doing any other movie.

— Marcia Gay Harden

I'm always a little starstruck anyway. So to work with a movie star, which is Brad, I was excited about that; to…

— Marcia Gay Harden

People have such false perceptions of how stardom really works.

— Marcia Gay Harden

I love being a mother; I hate being a housewife - the cooking, the laundry - because it takes away time I…

— Marcia Gay Harden

Everybody says 'Good Morning' in Harlem because it's true! And that's lovely.

— Marcia Gay Harden

Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me.

— Marcia Gay Harden