Zitat des Tages von Edie Falco:
I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.
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.
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.
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.
I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt.
When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.
I'm not sad about any of my life. It's so unconventional. It doesn't look anything like I thought it would.
I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.
And hey-the psychiatrist in the show is Italian also. So people are going to focus on what they want to focus on. There's not much you can do about 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.
I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.
My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.
Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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.
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.
I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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 not come from my body. I know that sounds insane, but I feel that connected to her. She made me realize I wanted to adopt children.
The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern.
I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
My kids have never seen me scream at anybody. They've never seen an argument. There's never been even a cold silence. And those are things that I grew up with because my parents did end up divorcing.
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.
I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.'
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.
One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.