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Gary Preston's career has ebbed and flowed on her own terms, including how she has chosen to age

in front of the world. So let's jump back into our conversation. So working in this industry,

as we both have for decades, means evolving, aka aging in front of all the cameras.

Yes.

How do you protect your sense of self as those expectations that we talked about

earlier in your career are still there?

They seem to continually hover and shift. They do. They do.

And, you know, social media is not helping anybody. But I am, you know, in the same way that I spoke

about that time when I got that note. I do try to keep it in perspective. I try to, um, you know,

for me, I, uh, I try to take care of my body and the best way I know how. I try to eat well.

I try to, you know, get my sleep. I do, I try to exercise, meditate. You're doing all the things.

I try to do all the things.

Yeah.

And, you know, I'm, I'm lucky enough right now to be playing a character that doesn't need to, or doesn't feel the need to, you know, present herself in a certain way.

And so I feel lucky, you know, present herself in a certain way. And so I, I feel lucky, you know,

I try to look good. And then I just play the character and hope that that's going to be enough and that, you know, that will lead to other things. And I look at people who I admire, you know,

like Merrill Street, Francis McDormann, Allison Janney. And I look at people who I admire, you know, like Merrill Street, Francis McDormann,

Allison Janney, and I see, you know, those careers and what they've done and how they've grown. And that's what I endeavor to do in the way I, you know, choose to age and also the way I choose to be creative.

And so I draw inspiration from them.

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