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I have a theory that there's almost this primal viewpoint on women in the business, that once you're beyond childbearing age, you are perceived as nonthreatening, nonsexual, noncastable. Sure, I already knew it before I got into it. I just didn't know I'd end up making my living from low-budget, independent films.

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Back in the days of Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis, beauty wasn't the be-all and end-all it is today.

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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.

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Sometimes I ride my bike to see the kids after a matinee and then ride back to do the show. That's the hard part, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

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Isn't it nice not to have to compartmentalize yourself?

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The people who stood out in the Sandy Hook incident, the heroes, were the normal, ordinary people who went to save those children.

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Everybody says 'Good Morning' in Harlem because it's true! And that's lovely.

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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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You have to make sure that you and your child are connecting, and it does help when they are looking directly into your eyes.

From Marcia Gay Harden

Anybody who is really walking with the Lord is embracing the foibles and the beauties and the differences of humanity, regardless of race, color, creed, economic stature and sexual proclivity, whatever. You embrace the beauty of humanity and not be exacting and belittling about the differences.

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