"I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home"
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The subtext feels especially Drescher: an insistence that the glamorous narrative (the escape, the glow-up, the leaving-your-old-life-behind myth) is never the whole story. Her brand has always been big voice, bigger presence, and a working-class Queens sensibility that doesn’t politely disappear when the camera starts rolling. So “close to home” lands less like nostalgia and more like self-policing: a pledge not to get too Hollywood, not to let success sand down the sharp edges that made her distinct.
There’s also a quiet admission of limits. “Keeps me” suggests restraint - character as anchor, but also as tether. In an industry that rewards constant shape-shifting, she’s claiming continuity as a kind of power move: the self you started with isn’t baggage; it’s the thing that prevents you from floating off into someone else’s script.
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Drescher, Fran. (2026, January 17). I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-gone-very-far-far-away-but-my-character-keeps-51677/
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Drescher, Fran. "I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-gone-very-far-far-away-but-my-character-keeps-51677/.
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"I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-gone-very-far-far-away-but-my-character-keeps-51677/. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.






