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" I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by. "
Edie Falco
Years
Alone
Support
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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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" 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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" 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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