Quotes by Edie Falco

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

I do not cook.

I'm not sad about any of my life. It's so unconventional. It doesn't look anything like I thought it would.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.