Edie Falco loves playing complicated women. Next: L.A.'s first female police chief
“I said to my son, who’s 15, ‘You know what I do for a living?’ He said, ‘Yeah, walk around pretending to be other people.’ And I said, ‘OK, what’s the name of the show I’m working on right now?’ And he goes ‘Uh... “Tony”?’ And I was like, ‘All right. That’s exactly where I want them to be.’ ”
I was looking to see if there are many female police chiefs in major cities, and it turns out there aren’t. Yes. And she was thwarted by the time in which she grew up. She married an Italian guy from Brooklyn who was not necessarily about his wife going off and becoming a famous actress. It was a source of some contention that when I decided to pursue acting, my dad was my biggest fan, falling over himself with excitement about all my accomplishments. It was a complicated thing.Yes, absolutely. They were married to each other three times. And my mom married two other guys in between those marriages.
Nobody ever said that they judged [Carmela]. But I judged her. For sure I did. Until it became clear to me the levels of denial. If she had to think about what Tony really did for a living, she could never stay with him. She’s raising kids, for God’s sake, and there are guns in the house and all that stuff. How could she let this be?
I was living in a [walk-up apartment nearby]. I just had a horrible, debaucherous night. All I remember is trying to get into my apartment up on the fifth floor. It was really cold, and at a certain point I realized I was trying to get on to the roof of my building. I’m so glad I didn’t — God knows what would have happened. I woke up the next morning, fully clothed on my bed, and the door to my apartment was wide open.
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