Patricia Heaton
Patricia Heaton
Patricia Helen Heaton is an American actress. She is known for portraying Debra Barone on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996 to 2005, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards, and as Frances "Frankie" Heck on the ABC sitcom The Middle...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth4 March 1958
CityBay Village, OH
CountryUnited States of America
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What's really great is when people get the jokes, when people laugh,
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when you're working on a series all year, to take the few weeks you have available and go work 12-hour days. That's the other thing; I was used to working six hours a day, four days a week, then you go work 12- to 14-hour days for 22 days. That's considered an easy shoot, but I was still like, 'Oh, man. I've gotta get back on a sitcom.'
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We were developing the script right up to, and through, the first weeks of filming. I'd rehearse, then instead of being able to go back to the apartment and relax, I'd have to go to a script meeting or check one of the sets. It was hard, but it was really satisfying. I would love to produce something without also having to be the lead actor in it. I said at the wrap party, 'This has really been a wonderful experience ... and I never want to do it again!' That's until the next time, of course.
My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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It had a 'Moonstruck' quality to the comedy - very romantic, huge emotions. I like to think of it as a comic opera, ... It just posed this question, what is true love? Is it that sort of ecstatic, over-the-top feeling you get on meeting someone? Or is it about years of commitment and history together? Or is it both? How do you find it, and how do you know? It's a very complicated topic.
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That drives me nuts when they do that,
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My mom was a very intellectual person, and she would really rather be reading some philosophical or theological book than ironing.
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I really feel like we left no stone unturned as far as the show went. It was easy to leave in that sense. There was no unfinished business. It was a good nine years.
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In reality, most women 'choose' abortion because they believe they have no other choice.
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Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student
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I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security
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I'm not good at accepting help.