Marcia Gay Harden Quotes

• I love it when ugliness is beautiful. I love character flaws.

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Beautiful, Character, Flaws

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• 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

  Pain, Shooting, Red

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• I'm not a big fan of mediocre.

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Fans, Bigs, Mediocre

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• Its important that kids learn, but I really dont like all the testing, testing, testing.

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Kids, Important, Testing

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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

  Stars, Night, Lakes

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• In the theater, it's about taking time in a musical segment, a pause in a musical way and then moving on.

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Moving On, Musical, Moved On

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

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Children, Emotion, Sleeves

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• It's hard to balance work and family.

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Balance, Hard

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

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Believe, School, Kids

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• 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 age climbs, the leads thin.

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Character, Age, Hollywood

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

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Rehearsal, Theater, Periods

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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

  Dream, School, Years

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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

  Dad, Moving, School

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