Edie Falco Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all my boyfriends were artists struggling to make a living. Having kids didn't make any sense - why would I take on more of a financial burden when I couldn't even afford a dog?”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”