“I grew up as a tomboy. I was always barefoot, running races with the guys on the block, climbing trees, and beating kids up.”

—  Edie Falco

Interview with Bruce Fretts, Entertainment Weekly (January 15, 1999), http://www.hwwilson.com/_home/bios/1999043105.htm

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