marcia harden

Ed Harris and I first worked together in New York on Sam Shepard's play, Simpatico. Harris was never boring, which made working with him a blast. I never knew when he'd lunge across the stage and say his lines an inch from my nose, or get tickled and go upstage with his back to the audience so they couldn't see him laughing.

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I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the noticed, to be the one - I don't know if it exists for all personalities, but I know for sure it did with me.

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My dad wasn't thrilled at my wanting to act. He even offered to pay for a computer course if I'd change my mind.

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I was barely in my teens, living in Greece where my dad, an officer in the U.S. Navy, was stationed. He took me and my four brothers and sisters to this ancient theater at the foot of the Parthenon, and we saw this amazing Greek drama. He tried to make it a learning experience.

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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.

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I love it when ugliness is beautiful. I love character flaws.

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In our family, we recognized that jockeying for position, so it meant a lot for me to be able to play the character who was doing that in a transparent and needy way. I think mothers-I don't know-make each one feel more favorite. But then again, maybe not. The weird thing is, does it affect you in later life If you knew you were the favored one

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I'm not a big fan of mediocre.

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Brad works in a really different way because his craft is very different. His upbringing is very different. Brad came up through film and he was like, what, 10 when he did Thelma and Louise He came up through film, so he has a whole different way of working. What I loved about Brad-and a lot of people won't do this-Brad is extremely generous. He'll try anything.

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The story takes in the lives of several characters on three different levels at the same time, including the TV series. It's complicated, but very entertaining.

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

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

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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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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.

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

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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.

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