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" I've never wanted to be the ingenue. Now that I'm getting into my forties, I think my time as a woman has arrived; I think I might have a new moment in my career. I have that drive left - just for a little while. "

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" I grew up on food stamps. I come from a very humble background. And I've had many friends that have been destitute - you know, running into trouble - and places like The Midnight Mission have given them hope and have fed them and gotten them back on the right path. "

Debi Mazar

Humble

Hope

Food

" We sit down with the kids every single night, not that I want to every night - sometimes I'd rather be out with my husband having a martini at a swanky restaurant - but we sit down with our kids every night at dinner. "

" I have a very high metabolism, and I have to constantly eat to keep on going. "

" Cook what's fresh for the day. When you're using fresh fruits, vegetables, and foods, it's easier to keep the weight off. And I eat whatever I want - just not a ton of it. "

" There's so much importance in honoring your everyday hero. It doesn't take money. It doesn't take connections. What matters is that people get involved. Whether your passion is gun control or food or whatever it may be, everybody needs to stop being so self-absorbed. "

" My husband is from Florence. And he has a 15th-century barn that is completely rustic and very 'Green Acres'-like. "

" I look great because I'm happy. "

" I think that my interpretation of Italian was a lot more southern than what my husband cooks. You know, I grew up in Queens and in Brooklyn, and we - really, it's more southern. It's Naples and Sicily. It's heavier. It's over-spiced. And like most Americans, I thought spaghetti and meatballs was genius. "

" As cool as I want my kids to be, they're just like any other kid. They don't love eggplant unless it is covered in cheese. "

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Cool

Cheese

" I've always been a foodie. My grandmother got me hooked on cooking. "

Debi Mazar

Always

Cooking

" I've had high-powered publicists in my career, and I've had publicists when they've had no power. I've run the gamut. "

" For holidays, I like doing special cheery touches around the table, like color-coordinating the plates and napkins to fit the theme. "

" In Italy, everybody buys silver for every special occasion. Baptisms, weddings, you get silver. "

" On the morning of Thanksgiving, I would wake up to the home smelling of all good things, wafting upstairs to my room. I would set the table with the fancy silverware and china and hope that my parents and grandmother wouldn't have the annual Thanksgiving fight about Richard Nixon. "

" I used to live above Manganaro's, when old Times Square was still peaking, and it still had a lot of diners and theaters on the forty deuce, as they used to call it. It was full of character. And it wasn't Disneyland. Now it's so touristy and full of bright lights, I can't stand it. It's like going to a big mall. "

" You know, you kind of lose some self-confidence after having kids because you'll never be the way you were. But I feel good. "

" We want to teach families how to cook Tuscan wherever you are. How to reuse your leftovers. How to trick the kids into eating whatever you want by putting it into a frittata. "

" Nobody has money right now. And eating is very important, but it doesn't need to be expensive. And to make - it doesn't need to be fancy, as long as it's fresh and simple. The simpler it is, the more fancy it actually comes out tasting. "

" I have this fear of coming across as a Barbie doll who got lucky. Style is a big part of who I am, but it's not who I am. Ya know? "

" I think my career would probably be in a better place had I been more aggressive. But I don't have it in me. I'm not a competitive person, and I'm also really private. "

Debi Mazar

Person

Career

" A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares. "

" I'm naturally a muscular gal with some curves, so eating a Mediterranean diet makes my body happy. "

" My husband, Gabriele, is a musician, and I love music, so you can bet it's a really important part of our home entertaining repertoire, even if it means Gabriele making a really good playlist for a dinner party. "

" I wanted to come up with a hybrid show of sorts that wasn't your traditional 'dump and stir' type of cooking show. "

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Hybrid

Your

" For me, its like go ahead and eat. Live your life. I mean, I've just seen so much death, you know, as of late, being in my 40s, of people getting sick or, you know, whatever, that I just feel like, you know what? You never know with life. Eat. Enjoy yourself. Just try to be healthy and, you know, and watch it. "

" Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante. "

" With the breast-feeding, I really love the bonding. Real life is more important to me. "

" I was born and raised in Queens and moved into the city as a young adult. Then I ended up acting and decided to run off to California. "

" I live in Italy part time, and they're obsessed with what's happening in LA too. They make fun of Americans, but the world wants to know what's going on in Hollywood. "

" I'm a chocoholic. I need chocolate every day, like one little piece of Droste. I'm not into milk chocolate. But I don't like it when its super bitter. I need a sweet factor in there. I go for the 75 percent - that's good enough for me. "

Debi Mazar

Sweet

Chocolate