Claire Danes
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"Claire Catherine Danes" is an American actress known for her roles as Angela Chase in My So-Called Life, as Temple Grandin in the HBO television film Temple Grandin (film)/Temple Grandin, and as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime (TV network)/Showtime series Homeland (TV series)/Homeland. She has received three Emmy Awards (and 5 nominations), four Golden Globe Awards (and 5 nominations), and two Screen Actors Guild Awards (and 7 nominations).

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It's not easy. Many, many, many songs have been written about it. We wouldn't have anything to read if relationships were easy. There would be no art in the world if we actually got along.

It's so ironic that I'll forever be associated with that time because I hated being a teenager, ... I felt under siege. It was an enormous gift to be given those insightful, powerful words. I felt I was taking a megaphone and roaring, 'It's awful.' It was very cathartic.

You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself one and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of.

Money is only irrelevant if you have it.

The life of my persona has nothing to do with me.

The age difference seemed a little awkward, ... but the movie is about that.

I think they're both inward-looking. That's the most obvious parallel between the two.

All the partner-swapping and reversals are farcical and a little Shakespearean, ... I play the straight man while everyone else is so eccentric.

I became very successful at a young age, ... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it.