"Mary-Louise is a great mom, very hands-on.
She has a flair for making an occasion of every holiday."

- Susan Sarandon, costar of The Client, Romance & Cigarettes, Solitary Man, from More, 2009



"If you're not a fan of Mary-Louise Parker, you're an ass."

- Joan Rivers, from myfoxny.com, 2009



"Mary-Louise Parker is really an extraordinary artist and actress. I have
the best seat in the house for her performance every night. It's been a real thrill
and a challenge in the best way to work with her. To her credit as an actress,
she didn't want to be surrounded by lackeys who were simply there so she'd look great.
I think she wanted a bunch of really interesting, challenging and dynamic people around her."

- Michael Cerveris, costar of Hedda Gabler, from Playbill, 2009



"Things like trying to have a romance on stage, for me it's one of the most difficult things.
I've done a lot of stuff where there wasn't chemistry and manufacturing that night after night
is a very difficult thing to do. But I love Mary-Louise to death. I don't know if she'd say the same
thing, but I think she likes me. We were able to be in a really safe place to explore that chemistry
that people just have sometimes between each other. Also, she's pretty easy to have strong
feelings about. She's a very giving actress, she's right there with you, and she's very inspiring
to work with. So I am seduced by her talent and her willingness to engage in the play."

- Paul Sparks, costar of Hedda Gabler, from Theater Mania, 2009



"When I saw Mary-Louise Parker in Proof, she had the best line reading of the phrase
"f--- you" ever. She's sitting there and thinking about it, and goes "f---" and she pauses,
and the other actor was so thrown they started in with the next line,
and in the middle of the line she goes "you". I've never been able to get it out of my head."

- Anne Hathaway, from Newsweek, 2009



"Mary-Louise Parker's brilliant at what she does. And that face.
That face that can register a thousand emotions in a minute.
So expressive, so in depth, so amazing. And she just inhabits this character.
We believe her. We feel with her. She's remarkable."

- Jeniji Kohan, creator of Weeds, from E! Online, 2008



"She is probably my favorite person to work with. We get along really well;
we really understand each other's energies - although we work in completely different ways.
The minute we hit the stage, it is like playing a great game of tennis evey time you work
with Mary-Louise. It is like a great volley. I miss that. She is so smart at what she does;
there is nothing you can not serve to her that she wouldn't hit the ball. Then it becomes fun."

- Elizabeth Perkins, costar of Weeds, from Fancast, 2008



"Oftentimes she'd bust out laughing in a scene, and I'd think, 'Oh, she's breaking.
We're going to do another take,' Then I'd realize,
'No, her character's found something hilariously funny.
I'd better catch up!' She's magical on camera. She just explodes."

- Martin Donovan, costar of The Portrait of a Lady, Pipe Dream, Saved!, Weeds,
from Los Angeles, 2007



"I think that(MLP's odoption)'s a great idea. She's a great mother, she graced our film, came in
and did a really lovely part for us. She had her little boy out and she was a really lovely mother."

- Brad Pitt, costar of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,
from People, 2007



"I was startled by Mary-Louise Parker's interpretation.
I wrote Zenia as angrier, more out there, but she quietened everything down,
capturing the character¡¯s loneliness. She made the part better. Good actors will do that."

- Tassie Cameron, screenwriter of The Robber Bride, 2007



"If you were lucky enough to see her in How I Learned to Drive or Proof,
you saw theater acting at its best."

- Thomas Sadoski, costar of Reckless play, Connecticut Post, 2006



"She's gifted, and not showy."

- Kate Winslet, costar of Romance & Cigarettes, from Entertainment Weekly, 2004



"She's cool, but there's nothing bitchy about her."

- Ellen DeGeneres, costar of Goodbye Lover, from Entertainment Weekly, 2004



Q: If you play a lesbian in a same-sex love story,
which actress do you think you'd have the best chemistry with?

[Laughs hard.] "Oh, my god! Who would it be? Hmmm. [Thinks for a long time.]
OK, I think it would probably have to be a friend, so I'd feel safe.
Hmmm. ... Oh! It'd be Mary-Louise Parker."

Q: Mary-Louise, interesting. Usually people choose Angelina Jolie.

"Nope, it's Mary-Louise, without a doubt. I'm doing to call her and tell her." [Laughs]

- Laura Linney, from PlanetOut, 2004



"I completely respect Mary-Louise Parker, and that made it very easy to work with her
(in Angels in America). Starting in December 2001, we began rehearsing with Mike Nichols.
We were able to live with these characters for a long time.

- Patrick Wilson, costar of Angels in America, from Interview, 2003



"Some people have discipline but not talent. With Mary-Louise,
I would be laughing my butt off at every take. I think she's one of the greatest
and most under-appreciateed actors that we have."

- John C. Walsh, director and writer of Pipe Dream, from Daily News, 2002



"Mary-Louise is a tremendous influence on me. She has incredible discipline.
She takes the time day-to-day to watch people, to listen to people.
To understand why people do things. And to me, a great actor is someone
who's incredibly compassionate. To me, that's really it as far as an actor is concerned."

- Billy Crudup, costar of Bus Stop, from ?, 200?



"I'm not interested in being a hot flash and then gone, ...
I look at actresses like Mary-Louise Parker.
She's so talented, and you can see she's in it for the long haul."

- Samantha Mathis, from ?, 2001



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Q: Which actress did you like most to work with?

A: "Mary-Louise Parker and Kyra Sedgwick."

- Matt Dillon, costar of Mr. Wonderful, from ?, 199?



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"I saw her in How I Learned to Drive,
and I told her that I hope we could work together in a play someday."

- Nicole Kidman, costar of The Portrait of a Lady, from ?, 1996



"By the end of the movie, we were friends. We worked so well together.
I think she's terrific. She works with you. She's very spontaneous."

- John Turturro, costar of Sugartime, director of Romance & Cigarettes,
from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, 1995



"Mary-Louise Parker is just awesome. They(MLP and Joan Plowright) were
two reasons that I wanted to be involved. We had a wonderful time."

- Sissy Spacek, costar of A Place for Annie, from Albany Times Union, 1994



"She's very funny and talented. If I were working with someone I couldn't stand,
I just would not do it - that's all."

- Alec Baldwin, costar of Prelude to a Kiss, from The New York Times, 1990



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