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Marriage Quote by Tom Sizemore

"My wife and I are a team, and it's good for my work because I'm interested in working from a stable base"

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There’s a small, revealing bargain tucked into Tom Sizemore’s phrasing: stability isn’t framed as romance or moral virtue, it’s framed as infrastructure. “My wife and I are a team” borrows the language of labor and performance rather than poetry. Teamwork implies roles, coordination, accountability. For an actor whose public narrative has often been tangled up with chaos, that word choice quietly signals an aspiration to professionalism: show up, hit your marks, keep the production moving.

The second half turns intimacy into a work ethic. “Good for my work” is the tell. Sizemore isn’t selling a fairy tale; he’s arguing for conditions that make craft possible. The “stable base” is a foundation under an otherwise volatile life: a place to return to, a person who acts as ballast, a daily rhythm that keeps temptation and turbulence from hijacking the schedule. It’s emotional, but it’s also pragmatic, almost managerial. Stability becomes a tool, not a trophy.

Context matters because celebrity culture loves redemption arcs that are either performative or punitive. Sizemore’s line tries to sidestep both. It doesn’t ask for applause; it makes a case. The subtext is that talent alone is not enough in a business built on reliability, and that private life is never really private when your employability depends on being dependable. Calling marriage a “stable base” is less sentimental than it is tactical: a way to keep the self from becoming the story instead of the work.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Sizemore, Tom. (2026, January 16). My wife and I are a team, and it's good for my work because I'm interested in working from a stable base. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-wife-and-i-are-a-team-and-its-good-for-my-work-130215/

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Sizemore, Tom. "My wife and I are a team, and it's good for my work because I'm interested in working from a stable base." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-wife-and-i-are-a-team-and-its-good-for-my-work-130215/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"My wife and I are a team, and it's good for my work because I'm interested in working from a stable base." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-wife-and-i-are-a-team-and-its-good-for-my-work-130215/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.

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Tom Sizemore

Tom Sizemore (born November 29, 1961) is a Actor from USA.

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