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“Ok, you know what? I’m tired of this. I’d rather be normal than this.”

“Oh, lucky Raymond. Everybody loves Raymond. EVERYBODY loves Raymond. EVERYBODY LOVES Raymond. EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND!”

“What in the holy name of crap are you talking about?”

:I’d like a minute for rebuttal.”

“It is even better the second time now that my tongue isn’t scared.”

“Whatever my wife touches falls off, so you can imagine how worried I am.”

“Ma told me what you did…nice.”

“Men don’t like to cuddle. We only like it if it leads to… you know… lower cuddling.”

“Hey Robert, don’t look now, I think that woman is giving you the eye… wait, no, it’s the finger.”

“The only reason Debra keeps me alive is to open jars and kill bugs.”

“Well I don’t know why I came over here, Marie, because the past month of you not talking to me, has been the best month of my life!”

“If my parents lit an orphanage on fire, on Christmas Eve, they wouldn’t be as bad as your parents!”

“Marie, food! Marie, drink! Marie, Maalox!”

“Everybody Loves Raymond” 1996 – 2005

Patricia Helen Heaton (born on March 4, 1958) is an American actress mostly known for her role as Debra Barone on the TV sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. She returned to TV sitcom in 2007 with the comedy series Back to You, but was called off in 2008, while currently she plays in the comedy series The Middle.

Heaton was born in Bay Village, Ohio and has three sisters and one brother. She attended Ohio State University graduating with a B.A. in drama. Heaton relocated to New York City in 1980 to study with drama teacher William Esper.

Heaton debuted on Broadway in the chorus of the Don’t Get God Started in 1987. Later on she and fellow students founded Stage Three, an off-Broadway acting group. Heaton returned to theater in January 2007 in the play The Scene at Second Stage Theater in New York City. Her performance earned Heaton a Lucille Lortel Awards nomination in the Outstanding Lead Actress category.

While performing at Los Angeles with Stage Three Heaton impressed a casting director for the drama ‘thirtysomething’ and was cast as an oncologist with six appearances from 1989-1991. She also guest starred on television in such production as Alien Nation – 1989, Matlock – 1990, Party of Five – 1996, The King of Queens – 1999 or Danny Phantom – 2004.

Heaton appeared in three sitcoms – Room for Two (1992), Someone Like Me (1994), Women of the House (1995) – prior of being cast as Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond. Her performance in the series earned Heaton Emmy Award nominations in each last seven seasons in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category, winning the award two times. She also garnered two Viewers For Quality Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild award for her performance in the series.
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