Marcia Gay Harden

It's hard to balance work and family.

— Marcia Gay Harden

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

— Marcia Gay Harden

In Hollywood, a lot of acting feels like grandstanding.

— Marcia Gay Harden

The only thing that seemed to me I could do in such a way that no one else could was acting. I…

— Marcia Gay Harden

I think to visualize failure as you're starting off is really a bad thing to do.

— Marcia Gay Harden

My schools were quite diverse - those who serve their country come from every race and religion - and so the military…

— Marcia Gay Harden

I don't think any extremism is rational.

— 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.…

— Marcia Gay Harden

Everyone thinks offers are always pouring in. Offers have never poured in. Never. I was auditioning a lot, but I didn't get…

— Marcia Gay Harden

It needed doin'

— Marcia Gay Harden

I relate to people and roles that are about the arc of human experience, things that everyday people deal with every day.

— Marcia Gay Harden

Shakespeare set a lot of his dramas in a historical perspective or war perspective, or he would study what was going on…

— Marcia Gay Harden

I do pottery.

— Marcia Gay Harden

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

— Marcia Gay Harden

I love physical comedy. I adore comedy of any kind.

— 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…

— Marcia Gay Harden

I always wanted to be in movies.

— Marcia Gay Harden

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…

— Marcia Gay Harden

A New York casting director, who shall remain nameless, once said to me, 'Marcia, you have what I call the flaring-nostril look,…

— Marcia Gay Harden

There are certainly a billion, ker-trillion girls out there more attractive than I am.

— Marcia Gay Harden

Sometimes I ride my bike to see the kids after a matinee and then ride back to do the show. That's the…

— Marcia Gay Harden

You have to make sure that you and your child are connecting, and it does help when they are looking directly into…

— Marcia Gay Harden

I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the…

— Marcia Gay Harden

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…

— Marcia Gay Harden

You want people - I want people to relate to me as a character. I want them to go, 'That could have…

— Marcia Gay Harden