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" Nicole Kidman was an inspiration to me at the time I left the church. Knowing that she went on to have a successful and happy life, both personally and professionally, helped to give me confidence. "

Leah Remini

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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. "

" I love a man in a suit. Men should stay clothed, even if they have nice bodies. "

" 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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" I believe that people should value family and value friendships and hold those things sacrosanct. "

" As a kid, I remember wondering why we lived in an apartment, not in a brownstone, and why we drove an LTD, not a Cadillac. Even now, I'm like that. If I'm on the 5th floor, I will wonder why I'm not on the 6th floor. But that was my drive. I was obsessed with my family having a better life. "

" I don't want to be doing a show that's negative, that's filled with drama. "

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

" This is what I love about people! You meet people outside of the business, they'll tell you the truth. "

" Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself. You are evil. "

" 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. "

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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'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. "

" 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. "

" There shouldn't be any kind of judgment towards somebody who has a belief system that is not yours. "

" I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing. "

" When it mattered the most, my mother was there for me. It was the moment that erased all those days she wasn't there. "

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