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" I'm blessed to have a voice, and I'm going to use it. "
Leah Remini
Going
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" My grandmother lived on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy, and she used to go to church every day. She'd go in, light a candle, she'd pray, and as a child, that was comforting to me. "
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" I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that. "
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" What Scientology offers is a bigger game. You're part of an elite group saving the planet. "
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" I envision Hollywood as a race, and some people simply drop off before their turn comes around. It's all about stamina - your ability to get back up and keep going even though everything is pointing at the odds not being in your favor. "
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" There was always pressure to make a Scientologist out of the people you were working with. "
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" I have a big mouth, and I have a temper, so that's not good for people. That's not good for executives. "
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" I always felt like I was kind of an outsider because I didn't have the right things. I didn't have a Cadillac. I didn't have, you know, plastic on my furniture. That was the right way to be if you were Italian. "
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" I was always religious. I was baptized as a Catholic. I got my daughter baptized as a Catholic. "
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" Men have just come up to me and asked for my number right away. That doesn't work. You have to know somebody and have a conversation. "
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" But inside, I'm going, 'Oh my God, is my zipper up? Do I have a booger in my nose?' That's my inner monologue. "
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" I love a man in a suit. Men should stay clothed, even if they have nice bodies. "
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" There's things you can say about me, but here's what you can't say about me: that I'm not being genuine. "
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" Are you trying to give me a hint that I should drop it? I can lose the accent; I just have to really focus on what I'm saying. And I have to talk slowly. "
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Saying
Focus
Lose
" I would do another talk show if it was the way that I wanted to do it. Like, you can't tell me what we're talking about, and I want to hear real stuff. "
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" My actions and the things I say and do, I wonder if they have an effect on my daughter and the way she's going to be as a person. I just want her to be a good person. "
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" I've always had a show that went seven episodes or 13 episodes or whatever. And I've never had a show that's gone past a first season. It really is a lot of work. "
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Always
" I loved 'King of Queens'... You can't spend that amount of time somewhere and not pick that as your favorite. "
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" I'm not a neat freak. I don't mind things being messy but I mind them being dirty. I just can't relax in a dirty environment. I like things organized. "
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" I didn't want to raise my daughter in the church because from what I experienced and what I saw, the church becomes everything - your mother, your father, your everything. You are dependent on the church. "
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" When you get your show - that's what 'King of Queens' was for me. That was my part; that was my show - I was meant to have that part. "
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" You have to learn to believe you deserve love. And I'm getting there. I'm starting to believe it. "
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" Oddly, moving to L.A. had nothing to do with me wanting to be an actress. My mother had a friend who was willing to take us in for a month until we could get on our feet. So we lived on her floor. It was pretty traumatic, but I found my strength through my mother in that time because she never once made us feel like we wouldn't be OK. "
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" This is what I love about people! You meet people outside of the business, they'll tell you the truth. "
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" My mother was in Scientology my whole life. Most people don't know that we were raised in it - I didn't decide to get into it. I was brought into it by my mom. "
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