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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. "
Focus
Want
Show
" 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. "
Me
Friends
Right
" Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun. "
Work
Fun
Family
" I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt. "
Dirt
Window
Together
" I do not cook. "
Cook
" 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. "
People
Bad
My Life
" 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. "
Talent
Special
Know
" I don't watch a lot of television. "
Lot
Television
Watch
" I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys. "
Neighborhood
Fight
Used
" I have lots of friends and, like me, they're not married. So my kids have lots of godparents - men and women, gay and straight. My loft is always filled with people helping me out with them and loving them. "
Men
People
Women
" 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. "
Love
Body
Children
" I love being able to take a nap in the afternoon. "
Love
Take
Able
" 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. "
Children
Sometimes
Matter
" I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids. "
Go
Soul
Music
" I'm a very ritualistic, routine-oriented person, and I discovered over the years that I love working Monday through Friday. "
Person
Working
Friday
" 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. "
People
Children
Child
" I'm not sad about any of my life. It's so unconventional. It doesn't look anything like I thought it would. "
Sad
Thought
Life
" I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me. "
Motherhood
Never
Me
" In my household there is an insane amount of laughter and celebration. "
Laughter
Insane
Household
" I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune. "
My Life
Grateful
Good
" 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. "
House
Mother
You
" I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.' "
Reading
Great
Love
" I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy. "
Get
You
Win
" 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. "
Myself
Work
Time
" 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. "
Person
Like
Myself
" It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to. "
Hard
Me
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 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. "
Friends
Feel
You
" 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. "
Thinking
Think
Saying
" 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 this is the Edie I've known my whole life. "
Like
Hard
Balance
" I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else. "
Anything
Else
Time
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