I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune. Edie Falco More Quotes by Edie Falco More Quotes From Edie Falco 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. Edie Falco silence parent kids 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? Edie Falco crazy dog children The world gets very small after a while, if you stick around long enough. Edie Falco sticks long world There's a little good and bad in everyone. Everybody I've ever loved is very complicated. Edie Falco good-and-bad complicated littles Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They're in love with my kids, and my kids are in love with them. Edie Falco mother helping kids I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent. Edie Falco comedy talent special 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. Edie Falco gay men kids 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. Edie Falco numbers years thinking 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 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. Edie Falco issues cutting complicated There is no question that sobriety has made me a better actor, made me a better person. Edie Falco better-person sobriety actors She took her job seriously and she didn't always have to believe her clients were innocent, it was irrelevant to her. Her job was to prove them innocent until proven guilty. She took that very seriously and I respect that. It was not about how other people perceived her or how other people perceived her clients. She was going to, at least according to the law, give them a fair shake. Edie Falco entertainment The other part of the story that is probably not well known is the degree of implicit political collusion between the judge and the District Attorney’s office in the second trial to ensure a conviction. there was so much about this and these boys that I did not know -- that made me realize we are a product of what we are fed from the second we are born. Edie Falco entertainment This whole thing about finale episodes, I don't know. I tend not to get too caught up in it, in a perfect world it lives up to all that you've come to expect in the show. I feel very much that it does. Edie Falco entertainment I'm proud of it, it feels honest. Edie Falco entertainment 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 you focus want people 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 nothing never myself fall Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation. Edie Falco open well about desperation When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say. Edie Falco everyone say something attention I do not cook. Edie Falco cook
