“I relate to people and roles that are about the arc of human experienc...” — Marcia Gay Harden Quote

“I relate to people and roles that are about the arc of human experience, things that everyday people deal with every day.”

“I do pottery.”

“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.”

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

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

“I don't think any extremism is rational.”

“I think, as an actor, I would find it a little run-of-the-mill doing procedurals where it's the same sort of thing week in and week out. Your character doesn't get to grow very much, which, purely from an actor's point of view, you want to see an arc of your character.”

“I feel 'The Night Circus' has a complete story arc in one book. I like it as a single volume. It feels complete to me, and I wouldn't want to stretch it out into something it's not.”

“Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.”

“I like my characters to go through some changes during a story arc.”

“The least likely of military leaders, Joan of Arc changed the course of the Hundred Years' War and of history.”

“What's more interesting than the arc of lives?”