Lorraine Bracco
Lorraine Bracco
Lorraine Bracco is an American actress. She is best known for her performances as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the HBO series The Sopranos, and as Karen Friedman Hill in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She currently appears as Angela Rizzoli on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth2 October 1954
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Sometimes there's one person in the audience laughing hysterically, and it's so much fun. You end up playing the entire play to them.
I don't think I am narcissistic. I think I have low self-esteem.
I have no problem with women in the military, if that's what they want to do.
I learned nothing while I was in school.
I never bought a stock in my life. I don't understand it. To me it is like Chinese.
I was lucky to live 10 years in France, so I learned how to eat and drink there.
The truth in acting is that we are all hired help. We are a commodity. There is no difference between being an actor and pork bellies.
My family was blue collar, a middle-class kind of thing. My father was born in Detroit, Italian-American. My mother is English. She acted on the stage with Diana Dors. Her parents were French.
You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all the parents and the kids in the neighborhood say racist things about this family.
I was so busy fighting and so busy trying to keep everything above water that I didn't realize I was spiraling downward with nowhere to go.
I am the boss of me. You can't change anyone else. Women think they can. But you know what? You can't.
If I am going to get in a cab to go home, and I see a sign for an open house, I will go in. I like real estate because I am the boss.
I know that everyone was not always very happy with us, with our long hiatuses. I also think it's been extremely healthy for everyone.
I like real estate because I am the boss.