Jean Smart
Jean Smart
Jean Elizabeth Smartis an American film, television and stage actress. She starred from 1986 to 1991 as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom Designing Women. She won two Emmy Awards for her role as Lana Gardener on the NBC sitcom Frasier, and a third Emmy in 2008 for her role as Regina Newley on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the 2000 Broadway revival of The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth13 September 1951
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
She's obviously sort of volatile ... big ups and downs are not completely foreign to her and obviously, too, she's on medication and once she took that medication, that affected her greatly.
They sort of thought of my character as being a bit of a loose cannon, so I think Martha Mitchell (the wife of Attorney General John Mitchell in the Nixon administration) probably came to mind. But I think that's certainly how she got the name Martha.
They allude to Martha having a breakdown three years ago and we talk among ourselves about what might be going on. When she says, 'We used to be a good team,' I think she means that.
When she says, 'We used to be a good team,' I think she means that.
I just hope if she goes, she goes in a real big way and takes a few people with her.
We all fantasize about a relationship we'd like to do over or something we'd like to change about our past. I think there are a lot more opportunities for second chances in our lives than we think.
I quit smoking the day I found out I was pregnant, which was nine years ago. But I'll still smoke in a movie. I have other vices, you know, like potato chips and chardonnay - but not together.
Personally, I think life offers us the opportunity to take chances and make changes all the time.
Lately, I just let myself eat it more because I think, 'Oh, my God, a piece of cheese tastes so good'. I think it's your body telling you something.
I've never met a woman ever, anywhere, bar none, that was more feminine than Dixie Carter.
I think that people get to a certain point in their life and they think that nothing can change.
You know as far as diet goes, for a while I was really obsessed with counting fat grams along with the rest of the world.