American - Lawyer | August 31, 1953 -
I actually was a defense attorney first.
Marcia Clark
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I loved writing when I was a kid and thought about being a writer then. But I didn't have the confidence or belief that I could earn a living that way, so I never took myself seriously.
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I chose law because writing was involved. I didn't realize how boring legal writing was, but I even learned to love that.
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I wasn't unsympathetic as a defense attorney, but my strong feelings for the victims were getting in my way. I identified too much with the victim.
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I can write dramas that are about inside and outside the courtroom.
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To the extent that someone goes out to criticize another woman about hair, makeup, silliness like that - unless you're talking about a makeup artist or something, really stop and think about what you're doing and why you're doing it.
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When I first started, it was so male-heavy, so male-dominated, that on the 18th floor of the criminal courts building, which was where I worked, there were three men's bathrooms and only one women's bathroom.
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I think women in general, we just soldier on. Whatever it takes, you just have to do it. It's your job. Whatever it is.
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The minute you step into a job where you have to be at all tough and assertive, that's when the mischief happens. And you're not allowed to be assertive and feminine.
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I have straight hair. If I don't blow it out, it's not good.
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I don't feel like an icon; I don't think of myself as an icon.
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You amp things up and you speed things up, but technically, you can still be legally correct. This is the big beef I have with novels as well as television shows - it actually makes for a better show when you accommodate the truth.
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