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

The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history. — Ed Gillespie

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 think if human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Wouldn't life be more interesting that way? And now that I think about it, why the heck don't they? Who made the rule that everybody has to dress like sheep 364 days of the year? Think of all the people you'd meet if they were in costume every day. People would be so much easier to talk to - like talking to dogs. — Douglas Coupland

Here's a practice idea for right now. Choose one of those sets of phrases. ... Plan on taking some time to say those words over and over, as you would an ardent prayer. Set some time aside for this. (Fifteen minutes would be a good start.) Then sit comfortably. Later on, you can say these phrases walking about or doing chores or even riding your bike--but for now, just sit. That way you can look at the words.
"Say each phrase as if you expect it will feel different in your mind--they are slightly different wishes--and feel how each of them echoes in your mind and body. [pp. 72-73] — Sylvia Boorstein

My only aversion to vice, is the price. — Victor 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

Get up, and set your shoulder to the wheel - How long is this life for? As you have come into this world, leave some mark behind. Otherwise, where is the difference between you and the trees and stones? They too come into existence, decay and die. — Swami Vivekananda

On the second to last day, Lt. Russo, who ran the program, announced, "Unless you were at dinner last night and had the opportunity to say 'Howard, pass the salt,' you are going to Brooklyn North and Manhattan North. That's where they need people, and that's where you're going." "Howard" referred to to the Commissioner Safir, and when they read the list of assignments the next afternoon
"Alvarez ... Brooklyn North ... "
"Baker ... Brooklyn North ... "
"Buono ... Manhattan North ... "
"Calderon ... Brooklyn North ... "
"Conlon ... South Bronx Initiative ... "
more than a few people turned around to look. Howard, pass the salt. I was a little surprised myself. — Edward Conlon

No matter how you cut them, paste them, rotate them, or distort them, lip syncing and air-guitar playing are fundamentally foolish activities, and anyone seen to be engaging in them with anything approaching a straight face is, by definition, taking herself or himself much too seriously. — Walter Kirn

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

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

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

The president's stump speeches could carry the forced air of a Van Halen reunion tour with Sammy Hagar in for David Lee Roth. — Mark Leibovich

Being on 'Batman' allowed me to do something we actors are taught never to do: overact. — Victor 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 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 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

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods. — Ludwig Von Mises

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

In my Corgan brain, I've decided it's almost as simple as 'All you need is love.' Almost. — Billy Corgan

I don't see how you mortals do it, these feelings you must endure. they will ruin you in the end. — Julie Kagawa

I-just want you. I want you so bad, all the time. I know I shouldn't, I know I can't, I know it's wrong ... but even when you're pissing me off, when you're reminding me of pain and despair and torture-it's there, the wanting. I'm tired of fighting it. I fight so many things, all the time, every day. I don't want to fight this. Not anymore. — Cate Tiernan

If anyone tells you that you're too old to be an entrepreneur or that you have the wrong background, don't listen to them. Go with your gut instincts and pursue your passions. — Vivek Wadhwa

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

Urban development in India ... will be the biggest sunrise industry that any country has seen in any part of the world. — Kushal Pal Singh

I don't do every song that comes my way; I'm very choosy. — Bonnie Tyler

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