102 Quotes by Mariette Hartley

I think my strength as a performer is my ability to straddle the fence between comedy and tragedy.

My greatest strength as a person? I guess I get caught in it a lot, but I think it's my ability to put myself in someone else's shoes.

I'd make a terrible therapist.

One of the wonderful things about Shakespeare is that he trusted an audience to move quickly with him. One moment tragedy, the next comedy.

I really began to feel that the minute I started becoming successful, somebody would die.

I wanted to put my present joy in the context of all the past pain, to show that there really is light at the end of the tunnel.

I've always done challenging pieces.

I've never had a homosexual or bisexual experience, but it doesn't make me uncomfortable to dip into those feelings. I think a lot of women have those feelings without acting on them.

There are problems in Canada. There is a certain inconsistency in the acting. I don't mean to sound chauvinistic, but we do have a larger supply of good actors in Hollywood. There are good actors in Canada, but not as wide a choice.