ALLY ON SAM
"I was the female Columbo. Without the eye. That's how I like to think of it. I always love a good whodunit, and when I read Profiler, it was the smartest woman [character] I'd read."
"So when I read the script, I thought, 'God, she's a really smart lady.' I did it, and I had a lot of fun. It was very fun. It was fun while it lasted."
"I had a really good friend that died and I went to New York for the funeral. When I came back it [Profiler] was very soulful and healing."
"Sam is really good at what she does. I think that because of what happened to her – her husband being murdered by the same kind of person that she tracks day in and day out. It’s kind of weird having to do the kind of work that wreaked havoc on her family. It’s really a test of survival and wills that this woman does everyday knowing the consequences and living the consequences."
"I’m always afraid because the subject matter can be so dark but women have been really cool. They really like the smart woman. It’s really flattering. You want to do material that is intelligent and that is good."
"Sam feels responsible for her husband’s death and finds comfort in helping others. When you help others, you are actually healing yourself."
"It can be a very dark show but I think it’s about conquering your fears and learning how to make life worth living."
"The reason I like Sam is that she is very smart. But there is a tough side to her. She is so bright, she is so sensitive, but she is so vulnerable at the same time."
"You saw her frailty and I loved that. A woman’s strength comes from her femininity, from her ability to be vulnerable and to feel."
"No, I just play her as a normal FBI profiler. But she's just incredibly good at what she does, she's very intuitive."
"She has a softness about her, she's really comfortable with her femininity. I can act that better than I can be it in my real life, and I really like that quality of softness. Do you know what I mean?"
"I think that Sam is pretty oblivious. I know that he [Bailey] loves me, but I am never quite aware that it's romantic love. The great thing about Sam is that she is oblivious to anyone liking her because she has been trapped for so long."
"It is interesting to play a character with such a depth of emotion that most people don't get to play especially on TV. The sheer pain of what she has gone to is so deep that it is really interesting."
"I really want to convey someone who has come from the other side of darkness and is strong and intelligent."
"She was like this fleshed out real person that could have been a guy. Because she's a woman, however, I think that she can do anything. Femininity is one of the strongest characteristics one can have. Being a woman is a beautiful thing, and Sam's strength and femininity are very positive for people to see."
"It is important to watch people grow and get wiser. I think that Sam is going to come into her own more and more."
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