Top 61 Quotes & Sayings by Leah Remini

There shouldn't be any kind of judgment towards somebody who has a belief system that is not yours.

My actions and the things I say and do, I wonder if they have an effect on my daughter and the way she's going to be as a person. I just want her to be a good person.

I always felt like I was kind of an outsider because I didn't have the right things. I didn't have a Cadillac. I didn't have, you know, plastic on my furniture. That was the right way to be if you were Italian.

The guy has to kill the spider and get the dead mouse outta the pool.

When it mattered the most, my mother was there for me. It was the moment that erased all those days she wasn't there.

I believe that people should value family and value friendships and hold those things sacrosanct.

In my house, it's family first - but I was spending most of my time at the church. So, I was saying 'family first,' but I wasn't showing that. I didn't like the message that sent my daughter.

I'm a very by-the-book person.

I loved 'King of Queens'... You can't spend that amount of time somewhere and not pick that as your favorite.

Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself. You are evil.

If you don't care about somebody, you don't even bother to fight with them.

But inside, I'm going, 'Oh my God, is my zipper up? Do I have a booger in my nose?' That's my inner monologue.

There's things you can say about me, but here's what you can't say about me: that I'm not being genuine.

I don't want to be known as this bitter, ex-Scientologist. I'm not trying to bash anybody, and I'm not trying to be controversial. I just want people to know the truth.

I don't want to be doing a show that's negative, that's filled with drama.

Scientologists view children as spiritual beings.

I would do another talk show if it was the way that I wanted to do it. Like, you can't tell me what we're talking about, and I want to hear real stuff.

This is what I love about people! You meet people outside of the business, they'll tell you the truth.

I love men who know when to put their foot down and when not to.

I didn't want to raise my daughter in the church because from what I experienced and what I saw, the church becomes everything - your mother, your father, your everything. You are dependent on the church.

My grandmother lived on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy, and she used to go to church every day. She'd go in, light a candle, she'd pray, and as a child, that was comforting to me.

Nicole Kidman was an inspiration to me at the time I left the church. Knowing that she went on to have a successful and happy life, both personally and professionally, helped to give me confidence.

There's a lot of things that are good in Scientology, because I wouldn't have been in it. And that's the thing: a lot of people trivialize this thing, like, 'Oh, it's Xenu, and it's a volcano, and it's jumping on couches and acting crazy.' These people are victims. We've been victimized. We believed in something because it starts out very normal.

No one is going to tell me how I need to think. No one is going to tell me who I can, and cannot, talk to.

I'm not a neat freak. I don't mind things being messy but I mind them being dirty. I just can't relax in a dirty environment. I like things organized.

I've really come to realize you have to love yourself before you can expect someone else to.

I used to do skits for my mom... and I was always entertaining as a kid.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

I was always religious. I was baptized as a Catholic. I got my daughter baptized as a Catholic.

My mother was in Scientology my whole life. Most people don't know that we were raised in it - I didn't decide to get into it. I was brought into it by my mom.

Because Scientologists view children as spiritual beings, you're not treated as a kid, so you're given a lot of responsibility. Your ego becomes extremely inflated.

My family is not so different from the rest of America. I think people love to see that, 'Oh, just because she's on television and in Hollywood, I can still relate to her.'

I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that.

I'm blessed to have a voice, and I'm going to use it.

I have a big mouth, and I have a temper, so that's not good for people. That's not good for executives.

I applaud my mother now for getting me through that time and making me believe in myself.

I've always had a show that went seven episodes or 13 episodes or whatever. And I've never had a show that's gone past a first season. It really is a lot of work.

I believe that people should be able to question things.

There's a lot involved in going to the bathroom for women.

Men stop trying after a while and get lazy.

You have to learn to believe you deserve love. And I'm getting there. I'm starting to believe it.

Are you trying to give me a hint that I should drop it? I can lose the accent; I just have to really focus on what I'm saying. And I have to talk slowly.

I envision Hollywood as a race, and some people simply drop off before their turn comes around. It's all about stamina - your ability to get back up and keep going even though everything is pointing at the odds not being in your favor.

Oddly, moving to L.A. had nothing to do with me wanting to be an actress. My mother had a friend who was willing to take us in for a month until we could get on our feet. So we lived on her floor. It was pretty traumatic, but I found my strength through my mother in that time because she never once made us feel like we wouldn't be OK.

Men have just come up to me and asked for my number right away. That doesn't work. You have to know somebody and have a conversation.

There was always pressure to make a Scientologist out of the people you were working with.

As a kid, I remember wondering why we lived in an apartment, not in a brownstone, and why we drove an LTD, not a Cadillac. Even now, I'm like that. If I'm on the 5th floor, I will wonder why I'm not on the 6th floor. But that was my drive. I was obsessed with my family having a better life.

What Scientology offers is a bigger game. You're part of an elite group saving the planet.

I have always been spiritual.

When you get your show - that's what 'King of Queens' was for me. That was my part; that was my show - I was meant to have that part.

I love a man in a suit. Men should stay clothed, even if they have nice bodies.

The decision to leave [the church] is you're giving up everything you've worked for your whole life. I feel that people need to understand this has been my whole life. As time goes on, you start to lose touch with the real world. The mindset becomes us against them.

It keeps you grounded, you lead a regular life and you appreciate things more.

I'm not an atheist. I do have faith in God. I do not judge people for their faith. I judge people who use religion to hurt people. I don't believe in a religion that shuns people for their beliefs, or that you should hurt people for their beliefs.

I am truly grateful and thankful for all your support.

The only way out of the Scientology church is rip the Band-Aid off and know that your eternity is not at stake and know that you're doing the right thing and know that you're involved in a damaging, hurtful cult. Just look outside, don't listen to Scientology. They are not saving the world. Don't give up your lives, don't give up your families, don't give up your friends for something that turns its back on you and is ultimately a lie. What's Scientology's selling is a lie.

You have big names in Scientology running around pretending to be the nicest people, and they take the care to talk to you and look at you in the eye, but that's all part of the process. That's all part of being in the church - to be a good example, to ingratiate yourself to Hollywood so that they'll say, "Hey, I don't know why you're attacking Scientology." It's all purposeful. I did it, I know!

Scientology's a slow process in the beginning. It teaches basic principles of life - do unto others as you'd have done to you and be responsible. Then there are little courses that cost a little bit of money and you start to learn the concepts of Scientology, kind of like, "Scientology's a new religion and so it's being attacked, here's all the good works that we're doing." And you're like, "Why do people attack Scientology?" It slowly starts to get in your mind and your subconscious that it's Scientology against the world, and any enemy of Scientology is an enemy to mankind.

I don't have to worry about setting a good example every day for the purpose of setting an example for Scientology. We should all set a good example in life, but this was with an agenda. Now it's about accepting what is. I have no agenda other than to enjoy my life and enjoy my time with people, for however long it goes...Because I was never really able to enjoy my life. I always had to go to Scientology or give my money to Scientology or give my time to Scientology, and now I'm just able to enjoy what is in my life. I don't have anywhere to get to. This is it.

If you really look at the numbers at the entertainment industry, in comparison to the small number of Scientologists that are celebrities, the number wouldn't even register. I think Scientology has done an amazing job convincing people that there is a great number of celebrities in the "Church."