34 Quotes by Maureen McCormick

Stars now also have problems with drugs, and it can be even harder being so out in the public eye – it’s hard for them to keep their sanity and normal self present, but they can do it.

I get it all the time; I just have to laugh and enjoy it. People enjoy it so much, coming up to me saying “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.” If people are having fun, I’m having fun. It used to bother me a lot right after the show.

I hit rock bottom when I was doing “The Brady Brides.” I was supposed to be at the studio, screen testing to pick the guy that would play my husband. At this time, I had been up for three days doing coke and was playing solitaire in my closet.

This thing in society that you have to be a stick will always be in my mind, but that’s just something I have to deal with.

I didn’t think I could be my imperfect self. I pretended I was Marcia, so I was always playing this role. I became her, but yet I wasn’t. It’s strange.

From what I’ve been able to figure out, all of us are here together and we need one another. We must celebrate each other’s differences. Learning to ask for help is as important as learning the value of helping other people. I believe all the people in my life have been there for a reason, and I hope I have been in theirs for a reason as well. It’s taken me a while, but I feel truly blessed. After all is said and done, I love life, I love people, and I love being me.

For most of my life, I have been followed and sometimes haunted by Marcia Brady. I don’t have a choice in the matter. Imagine always being overshadowed by a younger, prettier, more popular you.