A biography for Marcia Gay Hardenhasn’t been written yet.
“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!'”
“The important thing is that when you correct your children, they see what they've done wrong and why you're upset.”
“I think irrationality is one of the scariest things in the world.”
“Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me.”
“In my kids' school, the married family is an anomaly... which I do think is sad. I do believe in marriage.”
“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.”
“People have such false perceptions of how stardom really works.”
“Everybody says 'Good Morning' in Harlem because it's true! And that's lovely.”
“You know what I miss? I miss myself, that time to just do things for myself.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Shakespeare set a lot of his dramas in a historical perspective or war perspective, or he would study what was going on at that time.”
“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.”
“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.”
“In my opinion, Zac Efron is a total hero. Him seeking help encourages other people with addictive issues to seek help. It's brave of him.”
“The people who stood out in the Sandy Hook incident, the heroes, were the normal, ordinary people who went to save those children.”
“If you think someone committed a crime, you should turn them in to whomever you perceive authority to be.”
“So far, the thing I seem to have been rewarded for in film is leaving myself behind and transforming myself into other people.”
“Isn't it nice not to have to compartmentalize yourself?”
“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.”