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Edie Falco
American
Actress
About the author
One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.
Edie Falco,
American
Actress
#People
#Gain
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,
American
Actress
#Want
#People
#Focus
I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt.
Edie Falco,
American
Actress
#Being
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,
American
Actress
#Acting
#Time
#Act
#Goal
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,
American
Actress
#Life
I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.
Edie Falco,
American
Actress
#Acting
#Support
#Years
I've watched those shows my whole life - being on one is like a dream. It's hard to balance that dream with the fact that this is the Edie I've known my whole life.
Edie Falco,
American
Actress
#Life
#Being
#Balance
#Fact
#Dream
My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.
Edie Falco,
American
Actress
#Lies
#Personality
There were a lot of times I wondered if I was deluding myself. I had nothing else to fall back on, but I never enjoyed anything else.
Edie Falco,
American
Actress
#Nothing
Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
Edie Falco,
American
Actress
#Open
#Desperation
When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
Edie Falco,
American
Actress
#Attention
It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to.
Edie Falco,
American
Actress
#People