''I got a description of a character that they said was perfect for me. She was Carmella LaMucca, a 250-pound Italian woman with a slight mustache, a mole on her arm, and a gangster husband. Ha! They said I was 'perfect' for this. Perfect.'' -Marisa Tomei, on the sort of scripts she has been receiving since winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for My Cousin Vinny


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