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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to.

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

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

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

    Friday   Monday   Years  
  • 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.

    People   Example   Levels  
  • 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.

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

    Letting Go   Song   Kids  
  • 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.

    Children   Hands   Matter  
    "‘Nurse Jackie’ Star Edie Falco On New Season, Sobriety". Interview With Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 6, 2012.
  • There's a little good and bad in everyone. Everybody I've ever loved is very complicated.

  • 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.

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

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

    Night   Needs   Going Out  
  • 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.

    Jobs   Cancer   Diagnosis  
  • It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself.

    Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. April 6, 2012.
  • I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys.

    Fighting   Boys   Kind  
  • 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.

    Fun   Impact   Games  
    "A Conversation With Edie Falco". Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. April 6, 2012.
  • I don't watch a lot of television.

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

    Long   World   Sticks  
  • Is it harder having kids and working? It definitely is, but the payoff is you get to go home to your kids, and it all balances out. And I know I'm a better mother when I'm engaged in something outside of the house.

    Mother   Kids   Home  
  • Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.

    Fun   Home   My Family  
  • My kids have never seen me scream at anybody. They've never seen an argument. There's never been even a cold silence. And those are things that I grew up with because my parents did end up divorcing.

    Kids   Silence   Parent  
  • I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.

    Kids   Islands   Long  
  • 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.

    Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. April 6, 2012.
  • I love being able to take a nap in the afternoon.

    Naps   Afternoon   Able  
  • 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.

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

    Men   Careers   Roles  
  • Mother elephants in the circus cannot help their babies, but we can.

    Mother   Baby   Elephants  
  • 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.

    Dog   Children   Believe  
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