Edie Falco Quotes

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

There is no question that sobriety has made me a better actor, made me a better person.

There's a little good and bad in everyone. Everybody I've ever loved is very complicated.

I love being able to take a nap in the afternoon.

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.

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

I grew up as a tomboy. I was always barefoot, running races with the guys on the block, climbing trees, and beating kids up.

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

I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent.

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

One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.

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

I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.

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.

It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to.

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

I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.

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

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

I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.

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.

My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

There were a lot of times I wondered if I was deluding myself. I had nothing else to fall back on, but I never enjoyed anything else.

Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.

In my household there is an insane amount of laughter and celebration.