Edie Falco Quotes

Quotes about:

• Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans.

  Edie Falco

  Jobs, Cancer, Diagnosis

  46 Copy quote

• The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

  Edie Falco

  Thinking, Actresses, Common

  "Contender Q&A: Edie Falco and Merritt Wever from 'Nurse Jackie'". Interview with Randee Dawn, articles.latimes.com. June 9, 2010.

  13 Copy quote

• I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.

  Edie Falco

  Thinking, People

  7 Copy quote

• 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

  Night, Needs, Going Out

  8 Copy quote

• 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

  People, Example, Levels

  8 Copy quote

• The world gets very small after a while, if you stick around long enough.

  Edie Falco

  Long, World, Sticks

  4 Copy quote

• There's a little good and bad in everyone. Everybody I've ever loved is very complicated.

  Edie Falco

  Littles, Complicated, Good And Bad

  6 Copy quote

• But I've always been hard to cast, I've never been an ingenue, I've never been the romantic lead. I'm an actor; give me the script and I do what I do and hope it's good.

  Edie Falco

  Giving, Actors, Scripts

  8 Copy quote

• One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.

  Edie Falco

  Character, Thinking, People

  7 Copy quote

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

  Edie Falco

  Reading, Ideas, Wow

  "‘Nurse Jackie’ Star Edie Falco On New Season, Sobriety". Interview With Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 6, 2012.

  7 Copy quote

• 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

  Kids, Islands, Long

  8 Copy quote

• Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've never been as hooked into that as a lot of women are, you know, like, 'There aren't enough roles for women.' There aren't necessarily a lot of good roles for anybody.

  Edie Falco

  Men, Careers, Roles

  4 Copy quote

• I don't watch a lot of television.

  Edie Falco

  Watches, Television

  6 Copy quote

• All I ever wanted to do was act. And pay my bills

  Edie Falco

  Pay, Bills, Wanted

  "Fame and Fingernails as a TV Mobster's Wife". Interview with Robin Finn, www.nytimes.com. April 24, 2001.

  7 Copy quote

• As a single mom, I'm juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return is a mother who is energized and content.

  Edie Falco

  Mom, Mother, Children

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  Goal, Acting, Wanted

  4 Copy quote

• Writers, actors, anybody working on an ensemble-type thing, there are going to be some creaks in the beginning. It seems like there's tremendous potential in just letting things sort of breathe a little bit. It's tremendously important.

  Edie Falco

  Important, Ensemble, Actors

  4 Copy quote

• I grew up as a tomboy. I was always barefoot, running races with the guys on the block, climbing trees, and beating kids up.

  Edie Falco

  Running, Block, Kids

  "A Look at Edie Falco's Busy Schedule". Interview with Bruce Fretts, ew.com. January 15, 1999.

  4 Copy quote

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

  Edie Falco

  Women, Together, Dirt

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  7 Copy quote

• I'm just not one of those people who thought having biological children was that important, to me it was more about wanting to raise a child.

  Edie Falco

  Children, People, Important

  6 Copy quote

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

  Edie Falco

  Friday, Monday, Years

  4 Copy quote

• With everything that you do, once the costume is on, and you're in the pretend hospital, and you're there with your co-workers, it all sort of snaps into place: Who you are, what it feels like, who these people are to you.

  Edie Falco

  People, Costumes, Co Worker

  "A Conversation With Edie Falco". Interview by June Thomas, April 6, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

• There is no question that sobriety has made me a better actor, made me a better person.

  Edie Falco

  Sobriety, Actors, Better Person

  4 Copy quote

• Addiction has had such an impact on my life and the people I love, and there really is not a lot about it that is funny. So the last thing I wanted was to give the impression that it’s all fun and games, and isn’t it funny what she gets away with.

  Edie Falco

  Fun, Impact, Games

  "A Conversation With Edie Falco". Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. April 6, 2012.

  9 Copy quote

• An addict is an addict. If they're not acting out in one area, it tends to come out in another. I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate.

  Edie Falco

  Thinking, Acting, Accurate

  "A Conversation With Edie Falco". Interview by June Thomas, www.slate.com. April 6, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

Page 1 of 3

← Prev

1

2

3

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin