>>> 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
CARRIE MATHESON ON THE HIT SHOW
TIME SERIES "HOME LAND."
FOR SEVEN SEASONS SHE PLAYED ONE
OF THE MOST INTENSE AND COMPLEX
A
MEMORABLE CHARACTER OZ
TELEVISION AND HOMELAND WAS A
HIT FROM THE BEGINNING AND A
CAST THAT INCLUDES DANES AND
PINKIN AS HER MENTOR AT THE CIA
AND NICK BRODIE, A TRAITOR, AND
CARRIES LOVE INTERESTS BEFORE HE
WAS KILLED OFF.
FOR DANES, CARRIE MATHSON IS THE
SIGNATURE CHARACTER IN A LONG
SUCCESSFUL CAREER THAT BEGAN
WHEN SHE MOVED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO LOS ANGELES AS A
MIDDLE SCHOOL KID.
CLAIRE, WHO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED
SHE IS PREGNANT, JOINED ME HERE
IN NEW YORK FOR A SUNDAY
SIT-DOWN.
CARRIE MATHESON IS A SINGLE
MOTHER WHO SPENDS HER DAY
CHASING DOWN TERRORIST PLOTS
AROUND THE WORLD.
ALL WHILE STRUGGLING TO MANAGE
HER BIPOLAR DISORDER.
>> I'LL GET YOU MORE DRUGS.
>> I DON'T NEED TO SETTLE DOWN.
>> IT IS A COMMANDING SHOW FOR
SURE.
IT NEVER GETS MORE CASUAL FOR
THIS CARRIE MATHESON.
THEY KEEP RAISING THE STAKES.
>> Reporter: THERE WAS AN
ADDITIONAL DEMAND ON DANES THIS
SEASON.
UNBEKNOWN AS AT FIRST HAD TORE
CAST AND CREW SHE WAS IN THE
EARLY STAGES OF HER SECOND
PREGNANCY WITH HER HUSBAND.
>> MY DRESSER WHO DID A LOT OF
CROCHETING BAGS FOR ME AND IN
BETWEEN PLANTS I FACE-PLANTED ON
THIS CROCHET BAG.
THEY WOKE ME UP SAYING IT'S TIME
FOR YOUR CLOSE-UP.
I HAD THIS CROCHET IMPRESSION.
I LOOKED LIKE I HAD SUFFERED
THIRD-DEGREE BURNS OR SOMETHING
AND THEY HAD TO MASSAGE IT AND
TAKE A HAIR DRIER TO IT AND HALF
AN HOUR PAST, TIME IS MONEY!
>> YOU GET INTO OVERTIME.
>> SO STRESSFUL!
>> Reporter:
>> THE 39-YEAR-OLD DANES KNOWS
THE RULES OF A BIG-TIME SET
WELL.
AFTER ALL SHE HAS BEEN ON ONE
SINCE SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD.
IN 1993 SHE MOVED FROM HER
HOMETOWN OF NEW YORK CITY TO LOS
ANGELES TO SHOOT THE PILOT FOR
"MY SO-CALLED LIFE."
."
PEOPLE WITH DIE OF
EMBARRASSMENT.
I BET IT'S BEEN MEDICALLY
PROVEN.
>> Reporter: A ROLE A YEAR LATER
WOULD EARN THE TEENAGER A GOLDEN
GLOBE AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS.
IS IT FAIR TO SAY THERE WASN'T
MUCH A PLAN?
>> NO PLAN.
>> Reporter: STAGE PARENTS
SAYING HERE IS WHAT WE ARE DOING
NEXT?
>> NO.
THEY WERE NOT CULTIVATING THIS
INTEREST IN ME.
THEY WERE MORE JUST TOLERANT OF
MY OBSESSIVENESS.
>> Reporter: DID YOU HAVE ANY
SENSE OF WHERE THAT
OBSESSIVENESS CAME FROM?
CERTAIN MOVIES YOU LOVED OR TV
SHOWS?
>> MY PARENTS WEREN'T VERY --
THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS AND
HIPPIES AND NOT ALL OF THAT
CAREFUL ABOUT, LIKE, WHAT I WAS
EXPOSED TO AS A LITTLE PERSON.
SO, YEAH.
I REMEMBER SEEING LIKE "THE
ACCIDENTAL TOURIST" WHEN I WAS 8
OR LIKE I SAW "WALL STREET" IN
THE THEATER I WAS THE SAME AGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THAT
APPROPRIATE BUT IT WAS FINE.
>> I THINK THE TIME TOO.
MY DAD TOOK ME TO SEE "BEVERLY
HILLS COP "WHEN I WAS 9.
WHAT KIND OF PARENTING IS THAT?
OR IS IT PROTECTIVIVE?E
>> I THINK IT'S BOTH.
>> Reporter: HER FIRST MOVIE GIG
CAME IN "LITTLE WOMEN."
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN BE BRAVE LIKE YOU.
>> Reporter: ROLES FOLLOWED IN
"ROMEO AND JULIET."
>> PARTING SUCH SWEET SORROW.
>> Reporter: AND "HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS."
>> WHAT IS WRONG, MOM.
>> Reporter: THE ACTRESS TOOK
LIFE ADVICE FROM DIRECTOR AND
MENTOR JODIE FOSTER.
>> SHE WAS PRETTY ADAMANT THAT I
GO TO COLLEGE AND SHE SPOKE
ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AND SHE WAS
AN AMAZING MENTOR TO FIND MYSELF
HAVING AS A TINY PERSON.
>> Reporter: DANES SPENT TWO
YEARS AT FOSTER'S ALMA MATER
GALE UNIVERSITY BEFORE RETURNING
TO HOLLYWOOD.
SHE WENT ON TO WIN AN EMMY AND A
GOLDEN GLOBE FOR PLAYING AN
AUTISTIC WOMAN IN "TEMPLE
GRANDAN."
>> I MOW MY SYSTEM WILL WORK
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT A
THOUSAND TIMES IN MY HEAD.
>> Reporter: SHE TOOK ON THE
ROLE THAT MAY DEFINE HER CAREER
LATER.
SHE HAS WON TWO EMMYS AND A PAIR
OF GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS FOR HER
STARRING ROLE ON "HOME LAND" A
HEART POUNDING SHOW THAT HAS
AEPED REAL-LIFE EVENT YOU SAW
THE LONDON ATTACK AND PREDICTED
THAT AND FAKE NEWS AND RUSSIA
BEING INVOLVED.
ALL OF THOSE THEMES WERE ON YOUR
SHOW BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY
HAPPENED IN REAL LIFE.
>> YEAH.
IT'S PRETTY UNCANNY.
>> Reporter: IS THAT A PRODUCT
OF YOU ALL DOING RESEARCH AND
TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES?
>> I THINK IT LARGELY IS.
WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE SPY
CAM.
>> I'VE HEARD.
>> YES, WE HAVE SPY CAM.
WE LOCK OURSELVES IN A CLUBHOUSE
IN GEORGETOWN AND INTERVIEW
PEOPLE WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY AND IN POLITICS AND,
LIKE, SKYPED WITH SNOWDEN ONE
YEAR AND WE GET THIS WONDERFULLY
INSIGHT WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS
MOMENT AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE
RELEVANT IN SIX MONTHS OR A
YEAR'S TIME WHEN THE SHOW
FINALLY AIRS.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE PARTS OF
CARRIE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE
APPRECIATE IS THE WAY YOU TREAT
HER BIPOLAR DISORDER AND HER
MENTAL ILLNESS.
I INTERVIEWED GLENN CLOSE ONE
TIME AND SHE HAS MENTAL ILLNESS
IN HER FAMILY, INCLUDING BYE-BYE
PO
-- BIPOLAR, SHE OUT OF THE BLUE
STARTED TO TALK ABOUT YOU AND
HOW IMPORTANT NOT TO CARICATURE
THAT SNIC
THAT.
>> THE MORE I RESEARCH THE
SUBJECT AND THE PEOPLE THAT
WHERE WRESTLING WITH THIS.
THE MORE RESPECT I HAVE.
WE TAKE A LOT OF LIBERTIES OF
SHOW AND EXAGGERATED OF A LOT OF
EXPERIENCES BUT ULTIMATELY SHE
IS A HERO AND A HERO WHO IS
WRESTLING WITH SOMETHING THAT IS
VERY PAINFUL AND BEEN STIGMATIZE
STIGMATIZED A LONG TIME NOW.
>> Reporter: SHE ADDRESSES
ANOTHER STIGMA.
A KID LIKE JAKE.
SHE PLAYS A MOTHER GRAPPLING
WITH HER 4-YEAR-OLD SON'S AS
THEY GO THROUGH THE PRESCHOOL
ADMISSION PROCESS.
>> I'M DOING EVERYTHING FOR JAKE
TO PLACE HIM WHERE HE FEELS SAFE
AND COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO --
>> DRESS LIKE A GIRL IS WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING.
I THINK WE ARE ELIMINATING SOME
TABOOS OR EYED THAT ARE A LITTLE
CHARRED OR A LITTLE SCARY.
ALL WE WANT TO DO IS 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 INTO
CARRIE MATHESON, AS "HOME LAND"
ENTERS ITS EIGHTH AND
POTENTIALLY FINAL SEASON.
IF THE SHOW WRAPS UP AND AN
AMAZING CHAPTER OF YOUR CAREER,
ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT OTHER
THINGS YET?
>> YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.
A LITTLE BIT.
I CAN'T SAY WHAT THEY ARE!
>> Reporter: IS IT ACTING?
>> YEAH.
FOR SURE.
>> Reporter: SOMETHING ELSE?
>> NO.
I REALLY -- IT TURNS OUT I
REALLY LIKE TO ACT!
I'M STILL INTO IT!
>> Reporter: YOU'RE GOOD AT IT
AND HE SHOULD KEEP DOING IT.
>> I'M AMAZED SO MANY DECADES
IN, I HAVEN'T TIRED IT SO I
DEFINITELY WANT TO DO THAT.
I THINK, IF ANYTHING, I WANT TO
PRODUCE MATERIAL AS WELL.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
BE AN ACCOUNTANT OR SOMETHING?
>> I DON'T THINK I WOULD DO ALL
THAT WELL IN THE WORLD OF
ACCOUNTING.
>> Reporter: TOO LATE TO LEARN.
KEEP GOING WITH THE ACTING GIG.
>> EXACTLY.
>> SHE TAKES TIME AWAY FROM
SEASON EIGHT BEGINS SHOOTING
CATCH UP WITH THE SHOW ON SHOW
TIME.
"JAKE" IS THEATERS NOW AND OUR
THANKS TO THE HOTEL FOR HOSTING
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