Debi Mazar Quotes

A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares.

When entertaining, it's great to wow your guests with an outstanding recipe, but it's also very important to design a menu that's not too demanding of yourself, otherwise everybody will have fun but you. A great appetizer or simpler dish is a good way to work a menu that's delicious but does not impose too much effort or time spent in the kitchen.

I grew up on food stamps. I come from a very humble background. And I've had many friends that have been destitute - you know, running into trouble - and places like The Midnight Mission have given them hope and have fed them and gotten them back on the right path.

As a matter of fact, I've been to Italy many times before I met my husband, which he can't even imagine that I could possibly know anything about Italian food. But, you know, Italian food's really basic, and there's so many different variations on it that what my husband did is he broke it down for me.

There's so much importance in honoring your everyday hero.

It doesn't take money. It doesn't take connections. What matters is that people get involved. Whether your passion is gun control or food or whatever it may be, everybody needs to stop being so self-absorbed.

I have lots of shoes, but I have to be comfortable.

Lately, I've stolen my husband's big, ugly Uggs to wear around the kitchen. I want to have them on, then slide into a fabulous heel later. Truth is, I often forget the heel.

Some people in LA are addicted. They have to be here. My personal life is stronger than my professional life, in terms of priorities.

For me, its like go ahead and eat. Live your life. I mean, I've just seen so much death, you know, as of late, being in my 40s, of people getting sick or, you know, whatever, that I just feel like, you know what? You never know with life. Eat. Enjoy yourself. Just try to be healthy and, you know, and watch it.

I started doing makeup to make a living.

Then I said, You're not supposed to be putting powder on other people. You're supposed to be powdering yourself.

I truly have a love-hate thing with the press.

I was doing an hour drama on television and a Jackie Chan movie in Toronto, so I was on a plane every three days.

Sometimes in life you have to make a decision and make sacrifices.

I'd love to give my girls a traditional Thanksgiving with turkey and all that jazz, but we've raised them to love Tuscan food so much that they don't care for it. My favorite is a nice polenta with beef stew and broccoli rabe on the side.

I think my career would probably be in a better place had I been more aggressive. But I don't have it in me. I'm not a competitive person, and I'm also really private.

I live in Italy part time, and they're obsessed with what's happening in LA too.

They make fun of Americans, but the world wants to know what's going on in Hollywood.

Nobody has money right now. And eating is very important, but it doesn't need to be expensive. And to make - it doesn't need to be fancy, as long as it's fresh and simple. The simpler it is, the more fancy it actually comes out tasting.

Well, you know, I have always had an issue with the whole weight thing with people in general because I happen to love how big women look. I mean, it's all a perspective. It's all an opinion, and I think sort of the Rubenesque, voluptuous body is a lot sexier than the boney bag of bones with fake everything.

Desmo is my guard dog, but he has a sweet side, too.

Nothing entertains him (or me) more than when I blow bubbles and he can chase them.

Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante.

With the breast-feeding, I really love the bonding. Real life is more important to me.

Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors.