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Téa Leoni
Birthday:
25 February 1966
Birth Name:
Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni
Height:
173 cm
Biography
Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.
Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.
I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
Well, I don't find glamour and clothing relevant.
Well, I don't find glamour and clothing relevant.
I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot of family there and I really had to question what I didn't like about this community.
I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot of family there and I really had to question what I didn't like about this community.
Really it was the first time in my life that I recognized that acting is, I'm just going to say it, I am an artist, I have to do this, I have to do this.
Really it was the first time in my life that I recognized that acting is, I'm just going to say it, I am an artist, I have to do this, I have to do this.
Well what I will tell you is for this movie, I got into probably the best shape of my life.
Well what I will tell you is for this movie, I got into probably the best shape of my life.
I'm not quite ready for a no makeup movie.
I'm not quite ready for a no makeup movie.
But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.
But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.
I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!
I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!
I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973.
But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973.
I don't think, there's no possible way for me, anyway, to play a character that I haven't found some sort of sublime compassion for and I related to Deborah on a way that almost, initially, almost in a way maybe someone in the audience might.
I don't think, there's no possible way for me, anyway, to play a character that I haven't found some sort of sublime compassion for and I related to Deborah on a way that almost, initially, almost in a way maybe someone in the audience might.
And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, but I don't want to just do it and become Nurse Ratchett.
And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, but I don't want to just do it and become Nurse Ratchett.
Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work.
Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work.
Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.
People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.
The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.
The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.
It's kind of fun to be sexy.
It's kind of fun to be sexy.
Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.
Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.
Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.
Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.
I'm not a huge fan of my work.
I'm not a huge fan of my work.
I have always loathed working out.
I have always loathed working out.
At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.
I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.
First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people.
First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people.
Shopping turns me off.
Shopping turns me off.
I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when my child was born, my first child, it felt like my heart broke.
I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when my child was born, my first child, it felt like my heart broke.
If I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one.
If I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one.
It was just this interesting, my first, the first time you hear your child in any way criticize you. It's the worst review of your life and it's really relieving to find out that they don't know what they're saying.
It was just this interesting, my first, the first time you hear your child in any way criticize you. It's the worst review of your life and it's really relieving to find out that they don't know what they're saying.
I am not addicted to, attracted to, or neurotically pursuing stardom.
I am not addicted to, attracted to, or neurotically pursuing stardom.
Hollywood means work and getting yourself out there, and for a while I pooh-poohed that idea. My ego still doesn't get stroked by fame. But I've been guided by people who have told me if you aren't out there, then studios and producers are less likely to pull you in to the projects you might want to do.
Hollywood means work and getting yourself out there, and for a while I pooh-poohed that idea. My ego still doesn't get stroked by fame. But I've been guided by people who have told me if you aren't out there, then studios and producers are less likely to pull you in to the projects you might want to do.
I think getting over opening night, his first opening night of his life, was a huge milestone. And he did it with such grace and flying colors. I'm very proud of him. (about husband David Duchovny's off-Broadway debut).
I think getting over opening night, his first opening night of his life, was a huge milestone. And he did it with such grace and flying colors. I'm very proud of him. (about husband David Duchovny's off-Broadway debut).
We have this incredible cast with Billy Bob Thornton, who is maybe my new favorite person in the world.
We have this incredible cast with Billy Bob Thornton, who is maybe my new favorite person in the world.
"I love tennis. I love very aggressive tennis, and I think I'm quite good. Golf, well, of course you can drink beer when you play that, but I take it pretty seriously, and I'm quite good at that. And I'm a good swimmer, and I used to compete in windsurfing" (on the challenge of playing an athlete in Spanglish (2004)).
"I love tennis. I love very aggressive tennis, and I think I'm quite good. Golf, well, of course you can drink beer when you play that, but I take it pretty seriously, and I'm quite good at that. And I'm a good swimmer, and I used to compete in windsurfing" (on the challenge of playing an athlete in Spanglish (2004)).
"Not to sound like a whore, but I've been with...I've worked with...some very attractive men. Nicolas Cage...Al Pacino...Ben Stiller...and Woody Allen".
"Not to sound like a whore, but I've been with...I've worked with...some very attractive men. Nicolas Cage...Al Pacino...Ben Stiller...and Woody Allen".
David. The best thing about marriage is David's sense of humor. (When asked what is the best thing about marriage to David Duchovny).
David. The best thing about marriage is David's sense of humor. (When asked what is the best thing about marriage to David Duchovny).
I don't do T&A very well because I haven't got much of either.
I don't do T&A very well because I haven't got much of either.
Téa Leoni
Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni was born in New York, on February 25, 1966. Her father, Anthony Pantaleoni, was a corporate lawyer, and her mother, Emily Patterson, was a dietitian and nutritionist. She is of Italian (from a paternal great-great-grandfather), Polish, English, Scottish, Irish, and German descent. Téa attended but did not complete studies at Sarah Lawrence College. She started out in acting as Lisa DiNapoli in Santa Barbara (1984) in 1989 and followed up with small roles in Switch (1991) and A League of Their Own (1992).In 1992 she starred in the short-lived sitcom Flying Blind (1992). In 1994 she appeared in Wyatt Earp (1994) opposite Kevin Costner and The Counterfeit Contessa (1994) opposite D.W. Moffett. In 1995 she starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the popular film Bad Boys (1995). She also had a guest appearance on Frasier (1993) that same year.She appeared in many successful films after that, such as Flirting with Disaster (1996), Deep Impact (1998), The Family Man (2000), Spanglish (2004), You Kill Me (2007) and most recently, she starred in the film Ghost Town (2008) opposite Greg Kinnear.Tea was married to television commercial producer Neil Joseph Tardio Jr. from 1991 to 1995. In 1997 she married actor David Duchovny, with whom she has two children: Daughter Madelaine West Duchovny (born April 24, 1999) and Son Kyd Miller Duchovny (born June 15, 2002).
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