Getting or not getting the job isn't an indicator of your abilities. You're going to get jobs when you think you sucked, and you're not going to get jobs when you think you rocked. — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
'Emeril' came on the air right when a new president of NBC was taking over, and there was just a big shift going on. And then 9/11 happened, and that really pretty much killed it, because the show was already… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks they went to high school with me. I take it as a compliment that I look different in every role. — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
By the time I was twelve, I had started my own theater company and was doing plays in the backyard and the front yard… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
Auditioning is so different than doing the work in some ways. It's very much about solving the scene, I think, and coming in with… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
I got my first big paycheck for 'My Best Friend's Wedding.' This was in the days when you actually did get paid to have… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
I have a great amount of respect for what a manicurist does - now, when I go and get my own nails done at… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
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… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
I really like to play these complicated characters, and I really like to transform. — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer sunscreen makes me feel like I'm getting supersonic protection because I am so, so pale and need all the help I… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
I owe so much to Shakespeare. Nothing is more humbling and more exhilarating than taking ahold of those sacred words and riding them like… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
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… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
What I like to do as an actor is transform. It's way more fun to play characters who are completely different than me. I… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
