1. Entertainment

Discuss in my forum

Exclusive Interview with Carrie Preston

By , About.com Guide

Michael Emerson and Carrie Preston

Michael Emerson and Carrie Preston at the premiere of 'Towelhead.'

Frederick M Brown/Getty Images
Do you have any input whatsoever into where they're going to take Arlene, since they are veering away from the books?

Carrie Preston: "No, I don’t."

As a writer/director they should let you have some input.

Carrie Preston: [Laughing] "I know. We have good writers so you kind of trust what they're doing, and they're open to discussion. The writer, when you're shooting, whoever wrote the episode is there the whole time, which is not the case on a lot of shows. So if something’s not working or if something doesn’t feel right in my mouth, like, 'Oh, you know what? I think I would say it like this...' You can go to the writer and talk about it."

Do you think we’re going to see Arlene fall in love again?

Carrie Preston: "Arlene’s never that long without a man. She's just that type of woman who just can't deal with being single."

That is true.

Carrie Preston: "There's just a lot of women like that who they really just have their whole kind of ambition is to [be part of a couple] and they kind of don’t feel complete unless they have a man. I think she's like that, you know? Even though she's a total survivor. But she also knows how to get a man, so why not?"

©2012 About.com. All rights reserved.

A part of The New York Times Company.