Edie Falco Quotes

We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands; when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go to their appointments.
Edie Falco

Music, Time, Parenting

Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.
Edie Falco

Work, Family, Home

I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.
Edie Falco

Friends, Learned, Wrong

And hey-the psychiatrist in the show is Italian also. So people are going to focus on what they want to focus on. There's not much you can do about that.
Edie Falco

Focus, Show, Italian

Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They're in love with my kids, and my kids are in love with them.
Edie Falco

Love, Mother, Help

I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt.
Edie Falco

Together, Through, Once

I do not cook.
Edie Falco

I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many people who are both, and I relate to those kinds of people on a far greater level.
Edie Falco

Life, Good, Bad

I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent.
Edie Falco

Special, Talent, Comedy

I don't watch a lot of television.
Edie Falco

Television, Watch

I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys.
Edie Falco

Fight, Used, Tomboy

I have lots of friends and, like me, they're not married. So my kids have lots of godparents - men and women, gay and straight. My loft is always filled with people helping me out with them and loving them.
Edie Falco

Women, Men, Gay

I have this dog named Marley, and it is a kind of love I had never known. I have a hard time believing Marley did not come from my body. I know that sounds insane, but I feel that connected to her. She made me realize I wanted to adopt children.
Edie Falco

Love, Time, Children

I love being able to take a nap in the afternoon.
Edie Falco

Love, Able, Afternoon

I love to hand sew. I sometimes make clothing for my children, which of course they grow out of in a matter of minutes. I thoroughly love it.
Edie Falco

Love, Children, Sometimes

I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
Edie Falco

Wanted, Kids, Motherhood

I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
Edie Falco

Life, Good, Grateful

I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.'
Edie Falco

Love, Great, Thought

I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.
Edie Falco

Confidence, Win, Emmy

I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
Edie Falco

Life, Work, Family

I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.
Edie Falco

Time, Goal, Acting

I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.
Edie Falco

Life, Long, Young

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

Alone, Acting, Able

I'm a very ritualistic, routine-oriented person, and I discovered over the years that I love working Monday through Friday.
Edie Falco

Love, Person, Through

I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.
Edie Falco

Music, Made, Soul

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Nationality: American

Born: July 5, 1963

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