Edie Falco Quotes

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• As a single mom, I'm juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return…
• Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me.…
• Mother elephants in the circus cannot help their babies, but we can,
• I’m not sad about any of my life. It’s so unconventional. It doesn’t look anything like I thought it would.
• I have this dog named Marley, and it is a kind of love I had never known. I have a hard time believing Marley did…
• I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.
• I've watched those shows my whole life - being on one is like a dream. It's hard to balance that dream with the fact that…
• I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.
• We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around…
• 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 me the script…
• I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.
• It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to.
• One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.
• I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's…
• I don't watch a lot of television.
• I love to hand sew. I sometimes make clothing for my children, which of course they grow out of in a matter of minutes. I…
• I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
• I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
• I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.
• I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.

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