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Kellie Overbey gave me this play called 'Girl Talk.' I read it and totally fell in love with the characters. I told her she had to let me direct it and put Marcia DeBonis in it.

~Carrie Preston

Topics: Characters Direct Fell Gave Girl Had Her Love Me Play Put Read She Talk Totally

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I think that in order for anything to work on television, you have to have conflict. Nothing can be too happy or it's boring. People don't want to watch that - they want to watch things that are exciting and dangerous and sexy and have tension.

~Carrie Preston

Topics: Anything Boring Boring People Conflict Dangerous Exciting Happy Nothing Order People Sexy Television Tension Things Think Too Want Watch Work You I Think

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'The Good Wife' was definitely the biggest surprise and gift that I've had in a long time, and that did come out of some other work that I had done. That whole adage of 'work begets work' actually worked in that case - it was at the very end of their first season that my character was first introduced.

~Carrie Preston

Topics: Actually Adage Begets Biggest Case Character Come Definitely Did Done End First Gift Good Good Wife Had Introduced Long Long Time Other Out Season Some Surprise Time Very Whole Wife Work Worked

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I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said.

~Carrie Preston

Topics: Actor Anyone Begun Character Character Actor Characters Compliment Connect Did Dots Ever Get Go Lost Me Nicest Oh One Time Only People Person Recently Said Same Somebody Take Thing Think Time Which I Think

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Directing is definitely something that is in my life for keeps, and the more I do it, the more I realize how much I want to learn and how much I have to give. And it kind of bolsters my acting - it enhances it in a really wonderful way that I wasn't expecting.

~Carrie Preston

Topics: Acting Definitely Directing Enhances Expecting Give How How Much Keeps Kind Learn Life More Much My Life Realize Really Something Want Way Wonderful Wonderful Way

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Back in 2004, Kellie Overbey handed me her play 'Girl Talk' to read. I fell in love with her brutally delicious humor and the fearlessly deft way in which she drew her characters. They jumped off the page and begged me to give them a space in which to stomp around.

~Carrie Preston

Topics: Around Back Brutally Characters Delicious Drew Fearlessly Fell Girl Give Handed Her Humor Love Me Off Page Play Read She Space Stomp Talk Them Way Which

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The heroines in 'That's What She Said' are flawed, messy, damaged, hilarious and culpable and not really concerned about being acceptable to the audience in any traditional sense, which for me is what makes them all the more gorgeous. And the fearless truth of that is what makes it funny.

~Carrie Preston

Topics: About Acceptable Any Audience Being Concerned Damaged Fearless Flawed Funny Gorgeous Heroines Hilarious Makes Me Messy More Really Said Sense She Them Traditional Truth Which

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I tend to play every color in the Southern rainbow, and the challenge is to make each character different so I'm not doing any generic 'Southern acting.'

~Carrie Preston

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Everyone thinks they went to high school with me. I take it as a compliment that I look different in every role.

~Carrie Preston

Topics: Compliment Different Every Everyone High High School Look Me Role School Take Thinks

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I grew up in Georgia, and I started acting in plays when I was like eight years old, and I always memorized everyone's parts, not just my own, and I always memorized everyone's blocking. Whenever anyone wasn't there, I would always jump in. I was very hands-on.

~Carrie Preston

Topics: Acting Always Anyone Blocking Eight Everyone Georgia Grew Hands-On Jump Just Like My Own Old Own Parts Plays Started Up Very Whenever Would Years

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: June 21st, 1967

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