Drea de Matteo famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I'm four months along, but I feel like I'm carrying the baby in my a--, it's so big.
-- Drea de Matteo

#Baby #Four #Months
I'm tired of the industry, tired of playing the whole game - the dressing up, the red carpet. I hate talking about myself.
-- Drea de Matteo

#Hate #Tired #Talking
A happiness that won't stand up to examination is less than worthless.
-- Drea de Matteo

#Examination #Worthless
I definitely play roles that are close to my persona. I was dying to be an actor, my whole life. I just always wanted to be someone else. Then, once I decided that I really thought I was pretty cool, I wanted to see myself.
-- Drea de Matteo

#Play #Dying #Roles
I've been in so many funeral scenes from The Sopranos, and I think I've even been in one on Sons of Anarchy. Those scenes, as a human being, are the most tedious scenes, of all time. You're waiting, all day, in the blistering hot heat. So, I didn't need to be there.
-- Drea de Matteo

#Son #Thinking #Funeral
Well, I know from some of my own experience, and many of my friends' experiences, when going through that sort of program. The whole addiction game really forces you to focus on what brings you there and accept the only way out. So once you really put this focus on getting better and figuring out what your flaws are, that's what brings you back. I think she could've been more reckless and shown up earlier, but I wasn't really available to come back.
-- Drea de Matteo

#Thinking #Games #Addiction
I went to NYU for acting, for six years. I thought acting was the easy way out or in because I didn't put in enough effort in school, being a crazy kid in college. But, I was good at it, so that was the other side of it. I would love to direct. What I've learned from being on set is more how to deal with actors than even the visual part of it all.
-- Drea de Matteo

#Crazy #School #Kids
Having all those demons makes it interesting, for me. Coming back now and being completely sober is okay, but I do like going back into the messy area. It's an empowering thing to play now, but at the same time, I do like to play the dirty side more. So, we'll see if she slips, or something. Wendy is always on the edge.
-- Drea de Matteo

#Dirty #Play #Interesting
First of all, I would shoot myself if I ever had to play straight-forward characters that really don't have much of a past. Maybe it's just that I'm not a good enough actor to have to embellish, but I like having these really, really rich roles to play.
-- Drea de Matteo

#Character #Past #Play
The visual stuff just lives inside of you. As far as really being able to take care of an actor on a set, how to talk to an actor, and how to get what you need out of a scene is probably where I might know a thing or two. Although, in TV, the actors are pretty much left alone. It's really the writer's medium more than anything.
-- Drea de Matteo

#Two #Needs #Actors

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