CARRIE PRESTON: EPISODE LINK

TRANSCRIPT:

Colleen: Welcome back everyone! We are thrilled to have Carrie Preston on the show welcome!

Carrie Preston: Thank you!

Colleen:  Well, we want to start by saying congratulations on your Critics Choice

nomination and the show’s nomination that is so thrilling. How did you hear about it?

Carrie Preston: Well you know, since season one they had us in the Drama category,

which just had us all head scratching for quite a while because our show is very

much not a drama. I mean, it has dramatic elements in it. Okay, it is about

murder. But it’s murder light, you know. And so finally CBS petitioned and got us

switched to comedy. So I was thinking since I was one of the ones that was really

pushing for,

got two nominations. So I was very happy about that. We were on set shooting a

drag brunch scene. But they thought we were a drama.

And so that was just even more affirming that we had done the right thing by

asking for that change. And so it was a very joyous time on set.

Everybody was there. We had drag queens looking fabulous who were, you know, in this

wonderful set that had been designed by our brilliant production designer.

And so when we found out, it was the large group of us together. So that was

good. And our showrunner had Jon Tolins had just stopped by randomly to,

just check in. And of course, he wanted to see the drag brunch and so

he got to share the news with the crew. Oh my gosh, what a celebration! I mean you

couldn’t have asked for a better scenario for the celebration. It felt like

we were getting a lot of affirmation by it being on that day and you know us feeling like oh right we were right to ask for

this.

Bridgett:  Well it’s a refreshing show right now. I mean, it really is because

there’s so much heaviness. And like you said, it’s murder light. And just this character.

I’ve never seen a character quite like that,

like Elspeth. Do you find that? Have you found that she’s extremely unique?

Carrie Preston: Yeah,she’s very singular and has been since the beginning. You know, I of playing this role 15 years ago on The Good Wife, you know,

many, many cell cycles ago, two or three rounds of cells,

you know, since I started playing this character. You know, they say every seven

years, you get the same cells. The body regenerates. Yeah, regenerate. So,

you know, a couple of cycles of that. So that’s how long, you know, she’s sort of

been a part of my cellular makeup. And it’s just been really.

they wanted to extend it, but make it not a legal show, but still keep,

you know, the spirit of one of the characters. And they chose Elsbeth. And I just

couldn’t believe it at the time. And honestly, I still can’t believe it

to this day. It is truly a gift. And certainly at this age of my life,

it’s not lost to me.  The rarity of that and the miracle of

that.

Colleen:  And I was going to say a lot of the nominees in your category are over 40

actresses, which is wonderful to see. Are you starting to sense kind of a change in

the narrative for actresses over 40, over 50?

Colleen: Oh yeah. I think so. I mean,

you know, I know they do those studies, the Annenberg and all that. They do those

studies and all of that, but I feel like I’ve never worked more than in my 40s

and 50s. And so I think that’s great. It was a good sign for me. Now,

I don’t know if that’s the case for everybody. I certainly am, you know, an actor

who’s a little bit more on the, you know, chameleon side, the character actor side.

I like to call us illusionists, the people who really do kind of

disappear behind various different roles and aren’t just sort of playing iterations of

themselves. Maybe that’s what has helped me in particular.

But I do know that earlier this season,

right out of the gate, the top four shows in network were a High Potential,

Elsbeth, Matlock and then 60 Minutes. So, you know, go figure. But the top three

scripted shows were all led by women over 50.

Colleen: That’s amazing. It’s interesting because you did a conversation with Kathy

Bates. I think it was a CBS conversation. And you talked about invisibility and the

stance for women over 50. And I thought it was so interesting because she, you both

had a great sense of gratitude of just saying, I’m going to take this and see

where it goes. What was that conversation like?

Carrie Preston: Yeah. I mean, you know, Kathy Bates

is such a great actor and certainly somebody who

became famous a little later in her life and recognized for her work time and time

again. And, you know, for her to want to go and spend her days doing a network

show, it speaks to what we all want as, as women who’ve been at it for a while is something

steady and something that we can count on. And it was fun to talk to her about

that and listen to her talk about the same things that draw me to things,

which are script. And she said she read that pilot from Matlock and she knew that

that was what she wanted because it was so well written. And, you know, I have the

great fortune of working with some great writers too who are time and time again 20

episodes a season are creating really good scripts that people like Diane Weist and

Steve Buscemi, who we just had, and, you know, Mary Louise Parker and Amy Sedaris

and Stephen Colbert are wanting to come and play with us. And so that is like a

real, a real gift. And listening to Kathy talk about the same things that I value

was just, a really wonderful conversation to have

with somebody who is ahead of me in the amount of work that she’s

done, but is at the same, has the same desires and goals.

And that’s to work with, you know, play a great role with great writing and that

doesn’t happen as much for women as it does for men right?

Colleen:  I was watching that

conversation and I know you brought up the superpower of this age or you brought up

  the invisibility or the superpower that it’s we talk about that

invisibility can be a superpower.

Carrie Preston:  Yeah and it certainly is. with with Elsbeth, you

know she dresses a certain way and she dresses to please herself  and she loves it. She

wants to put colors and textures and bows and things together.

She also knows that people receive that as something not to be taken seriously.

And she kind of uses that, I think in some ways as a tool,

maybe a coat of arms, things that she can put on like a mask.

Bridgett: I love her wardrobe. I mean, look at me. I’m in the pink and I’m like, I love

the wardrobe so much. But also I feel like Elspeth is so much like when women hit a

certain age, you can tell that the character, she doesn’t care what other people

really think about her.

Carrie Preston: Right.

Bridgett: Yes, that she knows what she wants and talks it

through like stream of consciousness. She doesn’t care. And that’s why I think it’s

so refreshing to see that,

Carrie Preston: And I think it’s, you know, a

discipline to be that way in the world. Because it requires you to be open

and that’s open to being hurt,

to joy, to wonder, to, you know, creativity,

to be to being receptive of every person that she meets.  I mean, that is it’s

way easier to walk out into the world guarded than it is to walk out

into the world ready and willing to receive it and that is something that you know

I think is infectious with this character. I find that I approach my life

more openly maybe than I used to because I’m playing her on the daily basis.

Colleen: Do you enjoy playing a character for years where you can kind of, you know, you’ve

gone through three different shows with this character. Do you enjoy playing her and

you enjoy playing characters that are consistent?

Carrie Preston:  yes it is because the character is so infectious.  I feel like I become more

open and more aware of what’s going on around me and more accepting and more

positive and more curious and more really just appreciative of New York City.

I mean, I’ve lived here since 1990. You know, I’ve become kind of immune to it,

but Elsbeth is in love with it, you know, and it makes me look up

in a way that I’ve kind of forgotten how to do.

Bridgett: you were talking about, you’ve been there since 1990 in New York, and I was looking at your bio, and we

both lived in Evansville, Indiana at the same time. I lived there in the 90s.

Yeah, in the early 90s. And I saw that you went to school there.

Carrie Preston: I went to the

University of Evansville. 

Bridgett:  New York’s very different from

Evansville, Indiana.

Carrie Preston: Yes, it is. Oh, I know. We definitely stayed in our little

cocoon, which was very specific to the theater.

And, you know, it was an incredible program, an incredible theatre program run by

the late John David Lutz. I don’t know if you ever got to see shows there, but

top -notch productions in this little liberal arts school in Southern Indiana.

You wouldn’t expect it. But that’s what I loved about it was that, you know, I

grew up in the South. So I really liked that small town feel.

That was what I was used to. And so it was important for me to have a college

experience that was not huge, you know, like New York.

I had to work up to that.

Bridgett:  It was a beautiful campus. And they’ve

had quite a few people from there, you know, that have done very well in acting.

Carrie Preston: Extraordinary theatre program, an extraordinary little conservatory in the middle of

this unexpected place. Yeah, Rami Malik went there.  Rutina Wesley, who was on True Blood with me she went there. Deirdre Lovejoy who

is a friend, she went there, so you know it’s it really did

produce a lot and continues to produce a lot of very very successful

working actors.

Bridgett:  I remember it’s a cute, really pretty campus in the middle of just this little

Town.

Carrie Preston:  Did you grow up there or something?

Bridgett:  No. That’s where we lived right after we got married. So he had a

job there and we, then we got transferred. My son was born there.

Carrie Preston: I really loved Evansville. I mean, I had a great time there. I know

it was largely because of the college, but I like the town too.

Yeah. It was

cute.

Colleen: And then you go to New York, which is the complete opposite of Evansville.

I mean, I haven’t been there, but I would imagine.

Carrie Preston: Complete opposite.

Colleen: You did a lot of Broadway in the beginning. Do you miss that at all?

Carrie Preston: You know, I do sometimes. I do miss theatre. I mean, that was always my first love and certainly what I studied in school. And, you know, a lot of my, starting when I

was like 19, every summer I would do professional theatre, primarily Shakespeare. So

I did Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival,

Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Alabama Shakespeare. I went all around. And then so when I

was getting, and I went to school at Juilliard, post University of Evansville and

studied, you know, classical theatre there. And so that was definitely my main focus

for much of the beginning of my career. But then I just started getting where

I kind of got to a place where theater was breaking my heart a little bit because

in New York, there’s this, you know, unspoken contract that theater has with critics

and if a critic, primarily at least when I was coming up, the New York Times doesn’t

like your show, it closes and everyone believes it and then that’s it and it’s done.

I just thought this can’t be right. Like why are we

giving all of our power to one newspaper when we’ve all put our heart and soul

into this thing? None of us are getting paid that much. We’re, losing blood, sweat, and tears for this. And then it gets destroyed in a minute. And I thought, I don’t know if I could take this. It was just hurting me. And also, because of the commerce of theatre,

it requires many times to have what they call in my industry a name,

right? So you need to have a Denzel Washington to get this production on,

right? And so therefore, that seemed to be like the priority for casting.

And at the time, I was a working actor, very good one, very trained,

but it wasn’t what you would call that thing called a name. So I thought, all

right, well, if I’m going to want to get theater, I better go get myself one of

those things, one of those names. So I started doing film and TV and then I got

into that and I started really enjoying that. And I was liking the creating of a

piece of art that then, yes, is subjected to critics,

but way after I’ve done what I’ve done,

right? So I do my thing and I leave. And then it’s a year later or months later

and then it comes out. And that end product is not in,

I’m not responsible for it unless I’m directing. I do direct to and produce. But

when I’m just acting. And I kind of liked that a little better. I felt

more creative that way. And so then years to start to go by. And the irony is

that I do end up getting what everybody calls a name. And it’s Elsbeth.

It’s not even Carrie. I mean, people know my name, Carrie Preston in the industry.

But like people, when I’m walking down the street, it’s not, oh, hi, are you Carrie

Preston? It’s, hi, Elsbeth, Elspeth, Elspeth. And that’s just so funny to me. And I

guess it is compliment because, you know, I hope that I can disappear into roles

and people think of me as that role. I feel like that’s my job. But if I were to

go and do a play again, I think I would probably be in a better position now to

get cast in the things that I want to get cast in because and they would say

Elsbeth starring it. But you know,

it helps it helps to have those, you know, credits. But also, you know, I, uh,

I also really love to go to theatre and I love seeing friends and stuff.

And I’ll go and I’ll sit and watch and then I’ll say to myself after would I want

to do that? And a lot of times I go, I don’t know if I have the stamina for it.

And the other times I will go, yeah, if it’s as good as that, yeah, I’d love to

do it. But there’s no guarantee, right?

Colleen: Right. And it’s eight shows a week,

right? Which is very different.

Carrie Preston: Yeah. It’s a different kind of energy. And it is

one that I respect and worship and have,

you know, empathy for and I cheer for it. And,

you know, I definitely love it. And I, I’ve directed some plays.  I support new play development places. Like there’s one in New Harmony,

Indiana.

Bridgett: Oh, yeah. It’s near, it’s near Evansville.

Carrie Preston: And it’s called the New Harmony Project and they develop new work. And I’m a big supporter of them. I used to be on their board. So I feel like I’m, I’m theatre

adjacent right now. I’ll get back into it. That’s a long, a long answer to a short

question.

Bridgett: But, you know, it makes so much sense. Because I could see in

theater, you’re doing this live, you’re rehearsing. You don’t know how long it’s

going to be on. And then one critic could have an opinion and you’re all

done.

Carrie Preston: It’s better now, though, because I think the democratization of the internet and social media and all of that has actually helped the arts. You know,

I think it’s helped theater and stuff. So it’s no longer just reliant on one or

two reviewers. Yes, the New York Times still does carry a lot of weight. But I

feel like we’re in a more inclusive place. And I feel like more and more people

are going. I mean, we had like a record breaking season.

They can’t watch anything on this.(phone)  You know, and they do all day long. And so

I think still, you know, human nature is to want to get together with the

group of people in a room and have a common experience. And theatre does that

better than anything, you know.

Colleen: That’s so true. You know, just the live experience,

you know. The connection and the community. That’s really true. And I, you know, as

you were explaining that you did a lot of theatre, and you did a lot of

Shakespeare. Did that help with the dialogue heavy, Elspeth?

Carrie Preston: oh my gosh, yes.

Colleen: The show is really a lot of dialogue for you.

Carrie Preston: Yeah, thank you for recognizing that. Most people don’t really, they just sort of watch a thing, you know, and they don’t think about like, wow, those people had to learn 50 pages of dialogue every eight days. This is what I have to do. I have to learn 50

pages of dialogue every eight days. And it really is great for the brain. I mean, my brain, I feel like is getting

exercised in a really great, great way. It’s overwhelming at times, but I like a

challenge. And I’m also very thankfully an organized person. So I,

I have, a way that I make it where I don’t feel too overwhelmed.

I mean, I have a whole, method and how I’m doing it. And, and, uh, but

yeah, it is. And if I didn’t have that theatre training, if I didn’t, like,

specifically, I think have, you know, actor training from school, which is so text

based and, um, understanding how to break a text down, down, understanding,

you know, the hardest thing sometimes is figuring out why you’re saying a thing. If

you can figure that out, then the words will fall into place.

And then just Shakespeare alone is so precise and so is Elsbeth.

She’s very precise in what she’s saying and doing and why she’s saying a thing.

I can map that out, then I’m good.  I get these, sometimes five

page scenes where I’m summing up an entire crime and it’s just big. What you

could say would be like a soliloquy you know. I always try

to find a fresh way to do something with that because basically I’m telling the

audience what they already know minus one tiny clue right, and so I want to make

that entertaining for the audience. I don’t want to just stand there and

recite it. Elseth embodies a thing, so I like to embody it as an

actor and that helps me remember it and it’s just like a really fun

exercise. I mean I’m never bored and dementia will not be an

issue hopefully.  I’ve even noticed season three is a

tiny bit easier than season two, which is a tiny bit easier than season one, so I

guess that muscle is you getting exercised in a good way.

Bridgett:  yeah because that is something with longevity and just keeping your brain sharp. Yeah. That’s a big thing with this time of life is brain fog.

Colleen:  Did you have any brain fog? Because that’s one of the main. That’s one of

the popular symptoms of menopause.

Carrie Preston:  Yeah, totally, totally, totally. Well, I’m on

hormone replacement, which helps with that quite a bit.  So,

I think I would have way more if I wasn’t on hormone

replacement.  I keep an eye on it. I tell my friends to do their own,

because it’s, and of course, as you all know, it’s different for each person. You have to be your own, you know, scientist and your own investigator

on what works for you and what dosages and how to do it.

Bridgett: I’m on it. She’s not. Colleen’s not. And I am.

Colleen: If I need it I would, if I felt like I had the symptoms and needed it.

Carrie Preston:  I went on it because I was having, hot

flashes and I was having brain fog and I am a

candidate for osteoporosis, which is you know fair skin, fair eyes, you know I’m

actually a blonde under here, so you know that it helps with bone density.

Colleen: We love hearing from women that are their own health advocates. Yeah. And are saying there are options here.

Tell me the options and I’ll figure out what I need that works best. Figure out

what I need. And in conjunction with a good doctor, you know.

Bridgett: I was going to kind of shift to. So was one of your breakouts on film was that My Best Friend’s Wedding?

It’s so funny because you can look so different. So, you were

one of the twins on that one?

Carrie Preston: yes, we shot that in 1996 so oh my goodness a minute um you know almost 30 years so yeah . I was a total baby um but Rachel Griffiths and I were the southern

bridesmaid twins. Boy, I mean, I had done a couple of little tiny

things on film before that you know, just like a super low budget indie in my home

state and then I did a pilot that didn’t go to series and like a guest star you

know what I mean so this was big! This was a big! This was back when, you know,

romantic comedies were the queen of Hollywood and the budgets were there,

the audience was there, the scripts were there, the stars were there, you know, it

was just Julia Roberts was and is, you know, one of the biggest stars that we

have. And so, you know, to work with her, that was so cool. She’s also from

Georgia. We’re the same age. I’m from Georgia, you know, so it was nice to kind of

look at somebody who was a contemporary of mine just, you know, rocking the game

and to learn from her, you know, be with her on set. And then Rachel and I just

had a ball. Like we’re still friends.

And, I knew at the time, oh, I think this is going to do

well. But like this movie just keeps on finding its audience,

even though, you know, it’s been 30 years. And now, I mean,

they’ve been speaking about they’re going to do a sequel.

Bridgett: Oh, really? Oh, wow.

Carrie Preston:  They have sort of announced that somewhere in the trades. I don’t know. I

think somebody’s writing it already. You know, my agents reached out to Sony and was

like, hey, you know, Carrie would love to!

Bridgett: Oh, wow. That would be

great.

Carrie: I think, what are those twins are up to, you know. I bet they’ve been married three or four

times. It was, you know.

Bridgett: The “Say a Little Prayer Scene” oh, that’s so memorable. Well, it’s one of the scenes that I think most people

remember from that movie.

Colleen: Yeah. And, you know, you’ve done

some incredible series with True Blood and, you know, Good Wife and Good Fight,

like it’s just gone on and on. Now that you,re lead, do you think, what do you

think it would have been like if you had gotten a lead role 20 years ago versus

now?

Carrie Preston:  I think having had a career as a supporting player

for as long as I did, taught me a lot and also directing, being in front

of the camera and having the the gift of being able to watch other

people lead shows. I was able to learn and beg and steal and not steal and,

you know, observe for a nice long chunk of time so that when finally,

miraculously, because it is a miracle when anyone leads a show, I got the

opportunity. I knew what I wanted, how I wanted to lead. And that was from a place

of ensemble because that’s where I had been. And I really,

I really don’t like being on a set where it feels like the lead is a separate

person from the group, I don’t think that that is conducive to great work.

I really don’t.

I mean, there’s been great things that have been made that way,

but for the people making it, I feel a responsibility to the collective 300 people

that are making this show called Elsbeth. Do you know what I mean? It’s called

Elspeth, but there’s 300 plus people who are making it. And I want them to feel

ownership and to feel part of it because I feel like then they will bring their

best work. And I am proud to say that we have a great reputation of being a

wonderful place to work. You know, and I know Jon Tolins, our showrunner, feels the

same way about the group of us, the team.

And so I think when you have the producers and the writers,

many people who’ve been on crews for decades have said, this is my favorite crew,

is my favorite place to be. They all come back every year. You don’t have people

leaving for other jobs because they love this world that we’re building together.

And that makes me proud. And that makes me feel like that’s what I set out to do.

And it makes me really proud that it’s working in that way

because that’s, that was my goal.

Bridgett: That is a great accomplishment because

who wants to go to work if it’s going to be draining? Who wants to show up if it’s going to be something you don’t look forward to.

Carrie Preston: But if you look forward to it, those long days, those long hours just feels,

it’s almost like family, you know, there’s a lot of laughter, there’s a lot of

respect. You know, everybody’s super professional but everybody is

very respectful there’s just a lot of respect and Ithink that that’s great.

That is not the case on some sets.

Colleen:  and I think with a lot of younger actors that we see an ego is a problem which doesn’t sound like that’s part of your show. You know, you have the three main characters and then you have

a lot of guest stars. Great guest stars.

Carrie Preston: They’re amazing. And these are people who  have been the center of everything they do.

And I’m happy to yield the stage to them because I feel like that makes the show

better.

Colleen:  And also, Elspeth does that. Elspeth is constantly in that open -handed spirit

of generosity even with the murderer, which makes it fascinating.

Carrie Preston: You know, to be, it’s fascinating to play and to be a part of something like that. And it also makes those cat and mouse scenes really fun.

I love, they don’t see her coming, you know, in that way.

Bridgett:  And I love Elspeth. Like, she almost, she, she’s angry at what happened, that the murder,

not angry, but upset with what the murder’s done, but she has a little soft spot

for a person, you know, like. She wants to figure out the why of it, you know.

Carrie Preston: Right. And so, she might just absolutely 100 % despise

them.

For the person versus the act. 

Colleen:  have you been star struck by any of the guest stars and two, who would be

your, you know, top one or two guest stars that you’d love to see come on in the

future?

Carrie Preston: I mean, I’m starstruck all the time. I could barely speak to Diane Weist.

I mean, she’s like, and I even told her when I email, you know, I always try to

reach out email or text or something to the guests before they come. And just to

say, I’m so excited you’re coming. And I sent her this email. And I was like, you

don’t understand, you’re my top, you’re like my top three of all time. You’re like

there. You’re up there. You’re the, you are right there. And, you know, and no one,

no one over the other. You’re like right there. So she was like, oh, Carrie, thank

you. Like she was so sweet and everything, you know, that I wanted. But I

was, I really, you know, it was, um, she would catch me staring at her because I just had to take it in. I kept having to soak her in and her entire body of work in, you know.

And that was incredible. And then people I’ve admired so, so long that are now

my friends because they came on the show. Like Mary Louise Parker. We’re

friends. We hang out. Like, what? This is my life. I can’t believe it.

You know, I can’t. I just can’t believe it because I’ve admired and looked up to

my whole career. you know um we just had Steve Buscemi and he told

me he asked to be on the show! Wow, like what? I’m like wait a minute, what?

He goes, “oh yeah, watch every episode.” He loves it. Oh my goodness, you

wanted on the show?  When everyone found out that, you know

the writers, when Jon Tolins found out that Steve Buscemi wanted to be on the

show. He was like, great, wrote a specific part for him. And I said, well, we

wrote this for you. And he goes, no, we know, we’re like,

yeah, yes, we did. You know, they wanted to give you something that you would be

excited about. You know, Matthew Broderick, same thing. They wrote it for him

because, you know, they wanted him to be excited to be on the show. And I, I love

that. You know,  we want to take care of, of these people that we,

that have contributed so much to our culture and to Hollywood and to storytelling.

And I love that they, you know, even though they’re these humongous names, they

don’t think they’re too good to come on and be on any show, you know? I think

that’s great. I mean, I love that. Yeah, it does say so much about this,

the writing. Right, right. And it’s fun to play. You know,

it’s a short gig. It’s not taking up too much of their time. A lot of it is

about time and you can they fit it in their schedules? And this is

a little bit of a smaller bit. You know, it’s like doing, you know, it’s like

doing a short film, you know.

Colleen: Yeah. And your husband has been on as well.

And you’ve actually acted together several times what is that like?

Carrie Preston:  I mean you know there’s a history there that I we don’t have to worry about. There’s a trust and we show up together on set and there’s a trust and I

you know treat him like any other a brilliant actor. I wait to see what he’s

going to bring and play with him. You know we don’t rehearse at home. We’re

not trying to preset anything. We’re bringing our presence and you

know our interpretations of the script to the table together with the director

and with the crew and you know we’re dreaming it up on the spot like you do

with all of them. And I like that because Michael’s brilliant. I don’t need to

do anything except do my side of the thing and show up and let him wash over me

with whatever it is that he’s bringing. And so that’s really fun. And also for this

one, you know, he was in, he was my adversary, and we hadn’t done that before.

You know we’ve played love interests we’ve played friends we’ve done that kind of

thing but we haven’t ever been head-to-head and so that was really um exciting

because these are always the most delicious scenes anyway because they have the

highest stakes. So it’s those scenes you’re like you wouldn’t

know they were married.

Colleen: yeah because you have been married a long time.

Bridgett and I both had married for over 30 years.

Carrie Preston: It’s something that I can count on. It’s there. That’s my,

you know, my anchor relationship. That’s what I, I can count on.

It’s safe. The love is there and there’s, there’s no question of that.

And so that’s great because we, our careers are very there’s so many unknowns you

know there’s so much yes life too of course, life there you don’t ever know what’s

coming next but um I like having that. I really like being married you know. I like

having a partner and Michael and I we have a great amount of respect for each

other you know it’s like all those things that you learn and kindergarten or you’re

supposed to, you know, you want to share, I respect somebody’s space,

you know, how to say please, how to say thank you, you know, all those things I

think are keys to making a relationship work because you are sharing space,

you know, and being respectful of the other person and what their needs are and

stuff and then being respectful of yours is key. You know, so many relationships fall

apart because they aren’t able to find that. Michael and I are also

kind of different types of people and so we bring different things to the

relationship and I think that helps too. He is very domestic. He is a very

domestic person and I’m so grateful for that. I’m not,

I like to be out and about and do, I’m a doer, you

know, and he’s a nester. And I think that’s a good combo in a marriage.

Colleen: Definitely. And, you know, we all are 58 currently.

You’re about two weeks older than I am. And Bridgett’s about six months younger than

we are. We’re really looking forward to the 60s. We have spoken to so many women

who are just, just jumping into their 60s with full energy.

How do you feel about that?

Carrie Preston: Oh, yeah. I’m not somebody that tends to look back.

I’m definitely a forward thinking or a present -minded person. So I don’t want to go

backwards. You know, I’m liking this sense of

being comfortable in my skin in a way that I have that I haven’t been sometimes in

the past, just being very comfortable with where I am. There’s a great

amount of acceptance.  You know, weird things start happening to your body, you

know? And there’s like, okay, well, this is happening. And being okay with that.

And, you know,

meditation, which I really had a hard time doing early on because I was just so

busy. It just kept,

it’s gotten me to a place where I’m excited about what’s coming because I know I

can handle it.

Colleen: That’s so true. Carrie, thank you so much.

Elsbeth is, we hope it goes on and on. I mean, you’re saying it’s, it is such a

joy. And in this time, especially in this time of life, to be able to just sit

down and enjoy a show and kind of turn off the rest of the world for a little

bit. That’s what we want for people. We appreciate you coming on the show today .