Marcia Gay Harden Quotes

You’re over there in the corner either thinking about the dead dog or whatever, you’re bringing up your personal life and you need the space, and then somebody throws you a joke. Especially if it’s an emotional scene, you don’t want the joke.

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

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

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.

I’m always a little starstruck anyway. So to work with a movie star, which is Brad, I was excited about that; to work with a movie legend, which is Tony, I wouldn’t have passed that up. Just to get to watch him and watch how he works.

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