“Everyone thinks offers are always pouring in. Offers have never poured...” — Marcia Gay Harden Quote

“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.”

“I'm fortunate to have a team of people who help me. I've got an assistant, an office manager, a nanny - she's not full-time, but she's there when I need her.”

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

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

“It's very hypocritical to constantly say, 'We want to keep our kids close,' then send them home with so much homework that family time becomes nonexistent.”

“Harlem is a very family-oriented neighborhood, and it always has been.”

“I remember when I was first auditioning to be a part of it, I thought it would be way to cool and there was no way it would actually happen, so I still can't believe I'm in the 'X-Men' and I'm Havok.”

“What's monotonous about being an actor and often makes me want to throw in the towel or drive a car off a bridge is the auditioning - the waiting around.”

“I've been auditioning since I was 20, working as a waiter, getting theater gigs, doing the 'Law and Order's.”

“There's no enemy in the auditioning process. Everybody wants you to be the right person when you walk in the room. We're all just trying to make a soup here, and they're trying to figure out the right ingredients for the soup.”

“I tell anyone who is willing to listen that auditioning is the hardest part. Once you get the job, you have the job. You can go to work. You learn your lines. You learn your character. With auditioning, you can have five in a week with different people.”