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" In my house, it's family first - but I was spending most of my time at the church. So, I was saying 'family first,' but I wasn't showing that. I didn't like the message that sent my daughter. "

Leah Remini

Daughter

Church

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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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" I was always religious. I was baptized as a Catholic. I got my daughter baptized as a Catholic. "

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" I used to do skits for my mom... and I was always entertaining as a kid. "

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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. "

" I'm blessed to have a voice, and I'm going to use it. "