Top 75 Quotes by Marcia Gay Harden

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

With any tween, you have issues, from what they are going to wear to school, to how do you get them to speak politely, to how regularly they lose their contact lenses.

I loved playing Anne Bancroft, because she was so wonderfully arch.

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 work ethic, both on and off set.

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.

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

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.

I've had an amazing career and amazing blessings. But I'm an everyday person, and I have lived an everyday life, and I drive an everyday car.

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

My schools were quite diverse - those who serve their country come from every race and religion - and so the military schools I attended were a wonderful melting pot.