American - Actress | August 14, 1959 -
In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.
Marcia Gay Harden
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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.
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Everyone thinks offers are always pouring in. Offers have never poured in. Never. I was auditioning a lot, but I didn't get the jobs.
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I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.
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Whether you win or not, the night the Oscars are over, the curtain goes down and you go back to the grind. Period.
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In Hollywood, a lot of acting feels like grandstanding.
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I played Laura Bush in a Tony Kushner piece, and afterward, I think my phones got tapped.
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I always wanted to be in movies.
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So far, the thing I seem to have been rewarded for in film is leaving myself behind and transforming myself into other people.
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A New York casting director, who shall remain nameless, once said to me, 'Marcia, you have what I call the flaring-nostril look, and until you get something done about it, you will never, ever work.'
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There are certainly a billion, ker-trillion girls out there more attractive than I am.
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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.
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