Cara Buono Quotes & Sayings

I do love the clothes on 'Mad Men' because my character has been so elegant and I would never have had access to these clothes. I think Janie Bryant is a costume designing genius. They'll call and tell me, 'It will only take an hour,' and I'm like, 'I will try on the whole truck!' — Cara Buono

I love food and I love ingredients and I love reading recipes. It's just a great pleasure. — Cara Buono

I'm not a snob. I can make a meal out of anything. I can eat anywhere. — Cara Buono

I love to cook. I'd hoped by now I'd have a big loft. I have this fantasy that between 12 and 4, if you're in New York, it's known that I'll be serving a meal and you can just show up. You can watch TV, hang out, nap. Once a month. Wouldn't that be nice? — Cara Buono

I might have to do the London Marathon. I like crowds, so that is why I like the big marathons. — Cara Buono

I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim. — Cara Buono

I've had a job since I was 11. I had a paper route, I worked at a video store, I was a toy doll at FAO Schwartz when I was in high school. And I think that it's made me really disciplined when it came to pursuing acting, because I had no clue how to go about it. — Cara Buono

Some people aren't great with babies, or they're not great with a smaller child - it's not that they're bad mothers. — Cara Buono

I love to cook. I love to cook for myself and my husband and big groups. I find it very relaxing, and I love socializing around a dinner table. — Cara Buono

I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic. — Cara Buono

I make the best eggplant parmigiana. Except maybe my mother. The way she makes it is delicious. If I told you how, I'd have to kill you. — Cara Buono

I had some experience when I joined 'The Sopranos' in the last season. My character married Christopher, and everyone loved Adriana. I knew what it was like to join a very beloved, secretive show and following a very iconic character. — Cara Buono

I love watching people enjoying food. It's very relaxing for me to cook. — Cara Buono

As an actress, you have to give your character a life, a history, and make it full and rich for yourself. — Cara Buono

I live in New York and got a call from my agent saying there was this new role on 'Mad Men,' it might be recurring and they're seeing people tomorrow. I said, 'OK, this is one of those things where you hedge your bets, use your miles and get on a plane.' I flew out Tuesday morning and got the job on a Wednesday. — Cara Buono

Running doesn't come easy to me, especially the first thirty or so minutes. My message is take it one step at a time. — Cara Buono

I want to do a character in a one-woman show who's a yoga teacher from the Bronx. I could do the best accent: 'Raise yaw ahms up! Reach faw da sky!' — Cara Buono

With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like. — Cara Buono

My mom cooked for us, and on the weekend, we always had Sunday dinner. My father liked to bake. — Cara Buono

Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.' — Cara Buono