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. Edie Falco More Quotes by Edie Falco More Quotes From Edie Falco 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. Edie Falco diagnosis cancer jobs 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. Edie Falco levels example people 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. Edie Falco going-out night needs I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that. Edie Falco wow reading ideas But I've always been hard to cast, I've never been an ingenue, I've never been the romantic lead. I'm an actor; give me the script and I do what I do and hope it's good. Edie Falco scripts actors giving 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. Edie Falco people thinking I don't watch a lot of television. Edie Falco watches television All I ever wanted to do was act. And pay my bills Edie Falco bills wanted pay 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. Edie Falco important children people I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me. Edie Falco motherhood want 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. Edie Falco matter children hands I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune. Edie Falco embarrassing grateful fortune I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy. Edie Falco winning littles thinking 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. Edie Falco mother home kids It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to. Edie Falco noticing-things used people 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 islands long kids One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people. Edie Falco character people thinking 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. Edie Falco parenting phones running Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun. Edie Falco my-family home fun 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. Edie Falco letting-go song kids
