Edie Falco Quotes

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Edie Falco

Profession : Actress

Birth : July 5, 1963

I'm just not one of those people who thought having biological children was that important, to me it was more about wanting to raise a child.

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Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They're in love with my kids, and my kids are in love with them.

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

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My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all my boyfriends were artists struggling to make a living. Having kids didn't make any sense - why would I take on more of a financial burden when I couldn't even afford a dog?

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Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.

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I do not cook.

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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 thoroughly love it.

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I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.'

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The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.

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Is it harder having kids and working? It definitely is, but the payoff is you get to go home to your kids, and it all balances out. And I know I'm a better mother when I'm engaged in something outside of the house.

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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

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It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself.

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I don't watch a lot of television.

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The world gets very small after a while, if you stick around long enough.

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Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've never been as hooked into that as a lot of women are, you know, like, 'There aren't enough roles for women.' There aren't necessarily a lot of good roles for anybody.

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I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys.

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I'm a very ritualistic, routine-oriented person, and I discovered over the years that I love working Monday through Friday.

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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 wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.

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I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many people who are both, and I relate to those kinds of people on a far greater level.

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The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

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