Claire Danes Says Playing Carrie In 'Homeland' Can Be 'Pretty Exhausting'

Claire Danes keeps it cool and casual as she makes her way to the Public Theater for work on Sunday (March 27) in New York City.

The 36-year-old actress is starring in the off-Broadway play Dry Powder at the theater with co-star John Krasinski.

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“They’re both incredibly myopic,” Claire told Vogue about her character. “And they’re both difficult and not immediately affable, but impassioned. Neither of them is encumbered by a life or the messiness of human relationships�”that’s their advantage. I do like that Jenny’s not such an open wound, because Carrie is, and that’s pretty exhausting. I find Jenny very charming�”how can somebody have such awful values and say things that are so cutting and still be strangely adorable?”