>>> YOU SOUGHT ME OUT!
YOU USED OUR FRIENDSHIP TO SEND
ME BACK AGAINST MY OWN COUNTRY,
WHICH MAKES ME, AS THE RUSSIANS
CALL IT, AN ACTIVE MEASURE.
BUT IT MAKES YOU A TRAITOR.
>> YOU REALLY THINK THAT?
>> NO, I KNOW THAT.
>> CLAIRE DANES AS CIA OFFICER
KERRY MATHESON ON THE HIT SHOW
TIME SERIES "HOMELAND."
FOR SEVEN HEART-POUNDING SEASONS
DANES HAS PLAYED ONE OF THE MOST
INTENSE, COMPLEX AND MEMORABLE
CHARACTERS ON TELEVISION.
HER PERFORMANCE, ALONG WITH A
GREAT SUPPORTING CAST AND TIMELY
STORY LINES THAT ALWAYS SEEM TO
BE ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE NEWS
MAKE "HOMELAND" ONE OF TV'S
FAVORITE SHOWS.
FOR DANES, MATHESON IS THE
SIGNATURE CHARACTER IN A LONG,
SUCCESSFUL CAREER THAT BEGAN
WHEN SHE MOVED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO LOS ANGELES WHEN SHE
WAS JUST IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CLAIRE, WHO'S NOW PREGNANT WITH
HER SECOND CHILD, JOINED ME
RECENTLY FOR A SUNDAY SIT-DOWN.
>> Reporter: KERRY MATHESON IS A
SINGLE MOTHER WHO SPENDS HER
DAYS CHASING DOWN TERRORIST
PLOTS AROUND THE WORLD.
ALL WHILE STRUGGLING TO MANAGE
HER BIPOLAR DISORDER.
>> I'M GOING TO GET YOU A BIT
MORE ADIVAN TO SETTLE YOU DOWN.
>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE AFTER A
SEASON OF SHOOTING YOU NEED TO
GET AWAY FROM CARRIE?
IS.
>> IT IS A DEMANDING SHOW, FOR
SURE.
IT NEVER GETS MORE CASUAL FOR
HER.
THEY JUST KEEPS RAISING THE
STAKES.
THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL DEMAND
ON DANES THIS SEASON, UNBOW
NOE
UNBEKNOWNST TO HER CAST AND
CREW.
MY DRESSER CROCHETED THIS
WONDERFUL BAG FOR ME.
BUT IN BETWEEN TAKES I JUST
FACE-PLANTED ON THIS CROCHETED
BAG.
CLAIRE, CLAIRE, IT'S LITERALLY
TIME FOR YOUR CLOSE-UP.
AND I HAD THESE -- LIKE CROCHET
IMPRESSION.
IT LOOKED LIKE I HAD SUFFERED
THIRD DEGREE BURNS OR SOMETHING.
THEY HAD TO MASSAGE IT, THEN
TAKE A HAIR DRYER TO IT.
HALF OF AN HOUR PASSED.
TIME IS MONEY.
IT WAS SO STRESSFUL!
>> Reporter: THE 39-YEAR-OLD
DANES KNOWS THE RULES OF A BIG
LN TIME SET WELL.
AFTER ALL, SHE'S BEEN ON ONE
SINCE SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD.
IN 1993, DANES MOVED FROM HER
HOMETOWN OF NEW YORK CITY TO LOS
ANGELES TO SHOOT THE PILOT FOR
"MY SO-CALLED LIFE."
>> PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY DIE OF
EMBARRASSMENT.
I BET IT'S BEEN MEDICALLY
PROVEN.
>> Reporter: A ROLE THAT A YEAR
LATER WOULD EARN THE TEENAGER A
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD FOR BEST
ACTRESS.
>> WAS IT FAIR TO SAY THERE
WASN'T MUCH OF A PLAN?
>> NOT AT ALL, THERE WAS NO
PLAN.
>> THERE WEREN'T STAGE PARENTS
SAYING HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING
NEXT.
>> NO.
THEY WERE NOT LIKE CULTIVATING
THIS INTEREST IN ME.
THEY WERE MORE JUST TOLERANT OF
MY LIKE OBSESSIVENESS.
>> DID YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF
WHERE THAT OBSESSIVENESS CAME
FROM?
WERE THERE CERTAIN MOVIES YOU
LOVED OR TV SHOWS?
>> MY PARENTS WEREN'T VERY --
THEY WERE ARTISTS AND HIPPIES
AND NOT ALL THAT CAREFUL ABOUT
LIKE WHAT I WAS EXPOSED TO AS A
LITTLE PERSON.
SO, YEAH.
I MEAN I REMEMBER SEEING LIKE
"THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST" WHEN I
WAS 8.
I SAW "WALL STREET" IN THE
THEATER WHEN I WAS AROUND THE
SAME AGE.
I LOOK BACK ON THAT NOW AND
THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS
SO APPROPRIATE.
BUT IT WAS FINE.
>> IT WAS THE TIME, TOO.
MY DAD TOOK ME TO SEE "BEVERLY
HILLS COP" WHEN I WAS 9.
WHAT KIND OF PARENTING IS THAT?
OR ARE WE TOO PROTECTIVE?
>> IT MIGHT BE ONE OR THE OTHER.
I'M NOT SO SURE.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> Reporter: CLAIRE'S FIRST
MOVIE GIG CAME WHEN SHE WAS JUST
14 IN THE FILM "LITTLE WOMEN."
>> I AM NOT AFRAID.
I CAN BE BRAVE LIKE YOU.
>> Reporter: ROLES FOLLOWED IN
THIS ROMEO AND JULIET.
>> PARTING'S SUCH SWEET SORROW
THAT I SHALL SAY GOODNIGHT TILL
IT BE TOMORROW.
>> WHAT IS WRONG, MOM?
>> THE YOUNG ACTRESS TOOK LIFE
ADVICE FROM DIRECTOR AND MENTOR,
JODI FOSTER.
>> SHE WAS PRETTY ADAMANT THAT I
GO TO COLLEGE.
SHE SPOKE ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE.
SHE WAS AN AMAZING MENTOR HAVE
FIND MYSELF HAVING AS A TINY
PERSON.
>> Reporter: DANES SPENT TWO
YEARS AT FOSTER'S ALMA MATER.
SHE WENT ON TO WIN AN EMMY AND
GOLDEN GLOBE FOR PLAYING AN
AUTISTIC WOMAN.
>> I KNOW MY SYSTEM WILL WORK
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT A
THOUSAND TIMES IN MY HEAD.
>> Reporter: THE NEXT YEAR IN
2011 CLAIRE TOOK ON THE ROLE
THAT MAY HAVE DEFINED HER
CAREER.
SHE'S WON TWO EMMYS AND A MARE
OF GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS FOR HER
STARRING ROLE ON "HOMELAND."
A HEART-POUNDING SHOW WHICH IN
RECENT SEASONS HAS ANTICIPATED
REAL-LIFE EVENTS.
>> IF YOU LOOK THROUGH, SORT OF
SAW THE PARIS ATTACK COMING,
PREDICTED THAT.
A PRESIDENT UNDER CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATION.
FAKE NEWS.
RUSSIA BEING INVOLVED.
ALL THOSE THEMES WERE ON YOUR
SHOW BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY
HAPPENED.
>> YEAH.
>> IN REAL LIFE.
>> YEAH.
IT IS PRETTY UNCANNY.
>> IS THAT A PRODUCT OF YOU ALL
DOING RESEARCH AND TALKING TO
PEOPLE IN THE INTELLIGENCE
SERVICES?
>> YES, I THINK IT LARGELY IS.
WE HAVE THIS -- WE HAVE
SOMETHING CALLED SPY CAMP.
>> I'VE HEARD THIS.
>> YES.
WE HAVE SPY CAMP.
WE LOCK OURSELVES IN A CLUBHOUSE
IN GEORGETOWN AND INTERVIEW
PEOPLE WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY AND IN POLITICS AND
LIKE WE SKYPED WITH SNOWDEN ONE
YEAR.
AND WE GET THIS REALLY WONDERFUL
INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING
RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT AND WHAT'S
GOING TO BE RELEVANT IN SIX
MONTHS OR A YEAR'S TIME WHEN THE
SHOW FINALLY AIRS.
>> ONE OF THE PARTS OF CARRIE
THAT SO MANY PEOPLE APPRECIATE
IS THE WAY YOU TREAT HER BIPOLAR
DISORDER, HER MENTAL ILLNESS.
I INTERVIEWED GLEN CLOSE ONE
TIME AND SHE HAS MENTAL ILLNESS
IN HER FAMILY, INCLUDING
BIPOLAR.
AND SHE, OUT OF THE BLUE WITHOUT
MY PROMPTING, STARTED TALKING
ABOUT YOU.
>> OH, THAT'S SO NICE.
>> AND HOW IT IS IMPORTANT HOW
NOT TO CARICATURE THAT.
>> THANKS FOR SAYING THAT.
.
>> I AM LASER-FOCUSED.
>> THE MORE I RESEARCH THIS
SUBJECT AND LEARN ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO ARE WRESTLING WITH THIS
CONDITION, JUST THE MORE RESPECT
I HAVE FOR THEM AND MORE EMPATHY
I HAVE FOR THEM.
WE TAKE A LOT OF LIBERTIES WITH
OUR SHOW.
IT IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY
EXAGGERATED REPRESENTATION OF A
LOT OF EXPERIENCES BUT
ULTIMATELY SHE IS A HERO WHO IS
WR
WRESTLING WITH SOMETHING THAT'S
VERY PAINFUL AND HAS BEEN
STIGMATIZED FOR A LONG TIME NOW.
>> Reporter: SHE ADDRESSED A KID
LIKE JAKE.
SHE PLAYS A MOTHER AND WIFE
GRAPPLING WITH HER 4-YEAR-OLD
SON'S CONCEPT OF GENDER, AND HER
ON THE OTHER HAND, AS THEY
NAVIGATE NEW YORK CITY'S
NOTORIOUS PRESCHOOL ADMISSIONS
PROCESS.
>> YOU KNOW THAT I CARE VERY
DEEPLY ABOUT JAKE.
WHICH IS WHY I'M DOING
EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO PLACE
HIM SOMEWHERE WHERE HE FEELS
SAFE AND COMFORTABLE ENOUGH
TO --
>> TO DRESS LIKE A GIRL.
>> OKAY.
>> THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING.
>> I THINK WE ARE MAYBE
ILLUMINATED SOME TABOOS OR SOME
IDEAS THAT ARE A LITTLE CHARGED
OR A LITTLE SCARY.
ALL WE WANT IS TO ENCOURAGE MORE
CONVERSATION AND FOR PEOPLE TO
FEEL MORE RELAXED ABOUT
ADMITTING TO SOME OF THE
COMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES
THAT COME WITH ALL OF THIS.
YOU KNOW?
>> Reporter: SOON, IT WILL BE
TIME FOR DANES TO DIVE BACK IN
TO HER CHARACTER AS "HOMELAND"
ENTERS ITS EIGHTH, AND
POTENTIALLY FINAL SEASON.
>> IF "HOMELAND" WRAPS UP AND IT
WILL BE THIS AMAZING CHAPTER IN
YOUR CAREER.
YOU THINKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS
YET?
>> YEAH.
A LITTLE BIT.
I CAN'T SAY WHAT THEY ARE!
>> IS IT AN ACTING --
>> YEAH, FOR SURE.
>> DIRECTING?
>> NO, NO.
I WOULD -- I -- IT TURNS OUT I
REALLY LIKE TO ACT!
I'M STILL INTO IT!
>> YOU'RE GOOD AT IT.
>> NO, NO, NO.
I'M REALLY KIND OF AMAZED THIS
MANY DECADES IN, I HAVEN'T TIRED
OF IT.
I WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO
CONTINUE DOING THAT.
I THINK IF ANYTHING I MIGHT WANT
TO PRODUCE MATERIAL, AS WELL.
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO BE
LIKE AN ACCOUNTANT OR SOMETHING.
>> I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK I
WOULD -- I WOULD DO ALL THAT
WELL IN THE WORLD OF ACCOUNTING.
YEAH.
>> IT'S TOO LATE TO LEARN THAT.
>> NO.
>> KEEP GOING WITH THE ACTING
THING.
>> YEAH.
EXACTLY.
>> I THINK SHE SHOULD STICK WITH
THE ACTING, JUST SEE HOW IT
PLAYS OUT.
WATCH "HOMELAND" ON SHOW TIME
AND WE WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT
CLAIRE AND THE SHOW HAVE IN
STORE FOR US IN THE UPCOMING
SEASON EIGHT.
HER MOVIE, "A KID LIKE JAKE" IS
OUT NOW.
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