"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
"Even if I was waitressing, I'd still be acting. I would have made sure, one way or the other, that it would be part of my life. " - Edie Falco
"I actually washed my window once, and it fell through-it was being held together by the dirt. " - Edie Falco
"I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else. " - Edie Falco
"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
"I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by. " - Edie Falco
"I was very happy living a normal existence in New York, having my circle of friends. I lived very anonymously for 12 years prior to The Sopranos. " - Edie Falco
"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. " - Edie Falco
"It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to. " - Edie Falco
"My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two. " - Edie Falco
"One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people. " - Edie Falco
"The pilot script was great, and at the end, we all thought we'd had a lot of fun and "wasn't it too bad nobody would watch this." " - Edie Falco
"There are a lot of things in my own life that I second-guess. She doesn't. " - Edie Falco
"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
"There will be naysayers everywhere-it's human nature. " - Edie Falco
"There's lots of touching and hugging and kissing I do as her that I would feel less comfortable doing as myself. " - Edie Falco
"Well, the recognition stuff started with Oz. The idea that you're being seen again and again makes people recognize you. " - Edie Falco
"Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation. " - Edie Falco
"When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say. " - Edie Falco
"When I first read it, all I thought was, "I know this woman. I could play her in my sleep." I like that she's physically demonstrative. " - Edie Falco
