Carrie Preston

That's What She Said' is not Hollywood's standard picture of women: preternaturally gorgeous, wedding obsessed, boy crazy, fashion focused, sexed up 'girl' women. These are real women, comically portrayed, who are trying to wrestle with the very expectations of womanhood that Hollywood movies set up. ”

I like being able to marry the actor and the technician inside of me. It's really fulfilling. It exercises all of my creative muscles. ”

I think it's important to have conversation about things instead of shutting things down. ”

I'm always just drawn to those roles that present one way and have many other things going on underneath. It's just more fun to play as an actor. ”

I don't like lying around on the beach. I like to be busy. ”

I would love to be able to have a brain that just captures everything. ”

I watch a lot of television. I love doing it, obviously, but I really love watching it. ”

We women often gauge our own self-worth by the quality of our interactions with our lovers. And often these interactions are interpreted for, described for, processed by our women friends. Relationships are the conduits through which flows our connection with each other. ”

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. ”

I have a recurring role on 'Person of Interest,' which is my husband's show. I play the love of his life. It was really fun to do that. ”