Quotes by Edie Falco

About Edie Falco:

Edith is an American television, film, and stage actress, known for her roles as Diane Whittlesey in the HBO series Oz (1997–2000), as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos (1999–2007), and as the titular character of the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2015).
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It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to.

Edie Falco

My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.

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

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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.

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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 o...

Edie Falco

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.

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

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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 re...

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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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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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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.

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

Edie Falco

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.

Edie Falco

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

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

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

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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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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.

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

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Writers, actors, anybody working on an ensemble-type thing, there are going to be some creaks in the beginning. It seems like there's tremendous potential in just letting things sort of breathe a little bit. It's tremendously important.

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Author Bio

  • NameEdie Falco
  • DescriptionEmmy winning American television, film and stage actress
  • BornJuly 5, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor