Edie Falco

We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed…

— Edie Falco

My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.

— Edie Falco

I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.

— Edie Falco

My kids have never seen me scream at anybody. They've never seen an argument. There's never been even a cold silence. And…

— Edie Falco

All I ever wanted to do was act. And pay my bills

— Edie Falco

As a single mom, I'm juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children…

— Edie Falco

With everything that you do, once the costume is on, and you're in the pretend hospital, and you're there with your co-workers,…

— Edie Falco

I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt.

— Edie Falco

I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.

— Edie Falco

Addiction has had such an impact on my life and the people I love, and there really is not a lot about…

— Edie Falco

Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer…

— Edie Falco

It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic…

— Edie Falco

I don't watch a lot of television.

— Edie Falco

I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.

— Edie Falco

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the…

— Edie Falco

I've watched those shows my whole life - being on one is like a dream. It's hard to balance that dream with…

— Edie Falco

But I've always been hard to cast, I've never been an ingenue, I've never been the romantic lead. I'm an actor; give…

— Edie Falco

I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or…

— Edie Falco

When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.

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I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that…

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I’m not sad about any of my life. It’s so unconventional. It doesn’t look anything like I thought it would.

— Edie Falco

My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all…

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An addict is an addict. If they're not acting out in one area, it tends to come out in another. I think…

— Edie Falco

There were a lot of times I wondered if I was deluding myself. I had nothing else to fall back on, but…

— Edie Falco

Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They're…

— Edie Falco