Camryn Manheim
Camryn Manheim
Camryn Manheimis an American actress known primarily for her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC's The Practice, Delia Banks on CBS's Ghost Whisperer, as Elvis's mother, Gladys Presley in the 2005 mini-series Elvis, and "Control" on Person of Interest...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth8 March 1961
CityCaldwell, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
hate character play
The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me.
hate people culture
I have lived my life in a culture that hates fat people.
hate loss weight
I hate overweight, because it implies that there's a weight standard i should be adhering to
country hate people
People in this country haven't stopped hating fat people, but they've become more kind to me, since in our culture, even though we hate our fat people, we love our celebrities even more.
positive hate forgiving
Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
boys
When it comes to boys and her weight, I think Ellenor is much more conservative than I am, and she has not had the dialogue I have had about my weight.
grew political
I grew up with a very political legacy.
along came dreams feature films occurred
It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
cross either few lights
The way I see it, I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green lights to go by.
ashamed devoted difficult energy face helping people
I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice.
days script television three weekly
On a weekly television series, we don't have a lot of preparation time: most often we get the script two or three days before filming.
parent weight fit
My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities
bigs
Nobody else knew what to do with me because big women are old
fats
I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word