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KYRA SEDGWICK

Q: Has "The Closer" been the most satisfying role of your career?

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Kyra Sedgwick
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Holly Hunter
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A: One of them for sure. It's the gift that keeps on giving. I get to keep expanding the character as she gets older. We can get deeper and more detailed about who she is and who she's becoming.

Q: How do you think your character has matured over four seasons?

A: I'm not sure she's matured so much. She's not someone interested in internal growth. She's shockingly un-self aware considering how intuitive she is with others. Fritz [her fiance] is more interested in growing emotionally. She's kind of the male prototype in the relationship. He's pushing her into a deeper relationship and to grow up.

Q: How do you like Holly Hunter in "Saving Grace"?

A: I think she's an extraordinary actress.

Q: Any teasers for this season?

A: The theme this year is power — when we have it and when we don't and think we do. With power comes the need to control. Many times in Brenda's life, she feels the need to be in control yet she feels totally out of control. The first episode focuses on a fire, which is a metaphor about her own feelings of a lack of control. She's got to deal with Fritz and marriage. She has to think about children. The department continues to have budget issues. And a reporter becomes a thorn in her side.

HOLLY HUNTER

Q: How do you like doing TV vs. film?

A: I love the opportunity for character development. It's unprecedented for me. In a film, you have two hours. In this series, I've had the chance to go over somebody's life for 26 hours. It's outrageous how intimate you can be.

Q: Ratings for "Saving Grace" were only so-so the first season. Do you pay any attention to things like that?

A: It's a bit foreign to me, ratings and stuff. That's not my kind of ball game.

Q: Could this show ever make it on ABC or CBS?

A: No way. We're not network. We'll never be network, not with the type of issues and material we grapple with.

Q: Do you get back to Atlanta very much?

A: I go back a couple of times a year, more if I can.

Q: How does Conyers look to you now vs. when you were growing up?

A: Atlanta is just so gigantic now. It's exploded. What used to be rural areas are now bedroom communities. Conyers is no exception. It's not really recognizable to me. There's still Olde Town Conyers but it's now a dolled-up version of what it used to be. No more television repair shops or drug stores. It's all boutique-y.