Inevitably, when directors work with me on a set, they say, ‘This isn’t what I was expecting. I thought you were going to be very serious.’ But I like to stay loose and have a good time and not take myself too seriously. I think, otherwise, you get in your own way. Carrie Coon Read Quote
Being a literature major, you know, I’m very familiar with the ways symbolism is used in our sort of mythic tales of society, so anyone who is consciously trying to pull that off I think is really interesting and clearly very smart. Carrie Coon Read Quote
I’ve been seeing a lot of theatre in New York, and I am sort of terribly jealous of everyone on stage but also really appreciating it in a way that you can’t when you’re in the middle of it. Carrie Coon Read Quote
There’s this thing in TV that I find hysterical where the writers and creators will ask us if you want to know what happens to your character or if you want to experience it episode by episode. In the theatre, we always know the ending; we always know where the character is going. Carrie Coon Read Quote
I really have the good fortune that the actors who work with me on ‘The Leftovers’ are thoughtful, hard working, open people and generous people. Carrie Coon Read Quote
I don’t believe that art is just for entertainment. I want to create art that is meaningful in some way. Carrie Coon Read Quote
I think there’s a danger in how we can get addicted to the things that reaffirm to us who we are. For example, Facebook; people who make these Facebook posts about what’s happening to them, just so people will chime in and give them positive reinforcement. Carrie Coon Read Quote
