Miami Living Interview: Photogallery Update

Emily's interview for Miami Living Magazine has been added to the photogallery. You can read (and download) it here.

Miami Living Magazine Online issue: LINK

You can read Emily's interview for Miami Living Magazine Online at this link.

Max Tucci celebrates his Birthday with CSI:Miami stars: online podcast

Emily, Adam Rodriguez and Eva LaRue joined Max Tucci on his LATalkRadio Show, yesterday Sunday Feb 12th, 2012. You can listen to the show podcast here:

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If you have problems with the page, just let me know, I'll upload the file somewhere for you all.

For more info about the show, go to latalkradio.com
and follow Max Tucci on twitter: @maxtucci

Video: Emily Procter on the Red Carpet of CNN Heroes

Small interview from the Red Carpet by RedCarpetRoxy.

Emily Procter in Good Day LA for "Socks for America"

Emily's interview at Good Day LA has been added to the videogallery.

CSI:Miami Emily Procter talks about "Socks for America"on Mass Appeal

CHICOPEE, Mass. (Mass Appeal) - You've watched her working for justice on the hit television show CSI: Miami. Now Emily Procter is part of campaign that's working to bring warmth and comfort to some of the smallest feet in America.
There are more than 18 million children in the US living below the poverty line, a number undoubtedly exacerbated by the challenging economy. As a mother herself, Emily Procter was horrified to learn that so many children go without, and she felt drawn to help and protect our nation's most vulnerable citizens.

www.socksforamerica.com

Procter is spokesperson for the "Socks for America" campaign. Through the campaign, No nonsense, a leading manufacturer for legwear and sleepwear, will donate one million pairs of new, comfortable socks to children and their families in need nationwide.

The "Socks for America" campaign shows how a small gesture can make a huge difference to people in need. It provides the basics, such as socks, that so many of us take for granted. Socks are the least-donated, most-requested, item of clothing. They are essential for health and wellness. For many of the children who will receive socks through this program, it will be their first new item of clothing.

Thanks to LFCM for the video.

Emily Procter on the Talk - Pippa's debut

An HD video has been added to the videogallery.

TV Guide: CSI: Miami Season 10: Will Marisol's Return Help Horatio Finally Move On?

CSI: Miami's 10th season premiere will find Horatio seeing ghosts.
Picking up from last season's cliff-hanger, Sunday's episode (10/9c, CBS) begins with Horatio (David Caruso) badly injured from a gunshot wound but still desperate to rescue Natalia (Eva La Rue), who's trapped inside the trunk of a car that's been pushed off the pier. But never fear: Horatio's deceased wife Marisol (Alana De La Garza) is on the job.

"We're really telling a story about how these predicaments affect these characters on a deep, personal level," co-executive producer Barry O'Brien tells TVGuide.com. "Our premiere has Horatio Caine in a very surprising, but very revelatory, encounter with Marisol. It is a very personal encounter that gives him inspiration and insight into his predicament and ultimately how that predicament resolves."

More importantly, Horatio's vision may finally help him say goodbye to Marisol. "He is able for the first time to deal with and perhaps process that intimate and devastating loss in his life," O'Brien says. "Horatio is in that phase where, as closure is happening, all sorts of powerful emotions rise to the surface, and there's also ... an opportunity for transition, for moving on."

Moving forward in life may be a theme for multiple CSIs, this season. Calleigh, whose portrayer Emily Procter was sidelined for a part of Season 9 because of pregnancy, will begin searching for fulfillment outside of the crime lab by considering starting her own family.

"We're sort of playing with the maternal instincts and a sense of journey for Calleigh," O'Brien says. "She's looking for what may be more of a complete life for her. She does have a very tender interaction with a child ... and they're brought together in a very intimate, tender way. It certainly opens her eyes to a deeper sense of what's out there for her."

Consequently, Calleigh may give a second look at resuming her hot-and-cold relationship with Delko (Adam Rodriguez). "They work together in such an intimate fashion, and they've had such a history together," O'Brien says. "You see the power and depth of their feelings toward each other. The door is open, and we see them step through just a bit. They're certainly examining the possibility of what their future holds, and we might see them taking just a few more steps together."

Natalia's season won't be as cheery. After surviving a number of brushes with death last season, Natalia will be a bit shaky. "It has a profound impact on her," O'Brien says. "You'll see her look for support from the team around her as she gets her legs back underneath her and regains her confidence. [CSIs'] instincts have to be sharp, and Natalia has a little bit of a distance to travel to get back to that place."

Indeed, all of the team members will have to be on their A-game when they have to reconstruct a crime scene that has been shattered and scattered by a tornado. And the team will have to help a female Mexican police chief who flees to Miami to prevent a drug cartel from murdering her family.

But perhaps this season's most disturbing story is that of a depraved serial killer whose terror spree is able to continue because of his father's deep pockets. 24's Carlos Bernard will recur as the patriarch of this rich family who will taunt Horatio all season long.

"There will be a very high-octane relationship between the two," O'Brien says. "A hero is only as heroic as his opposition is deadly, so we're really going to go there with this character.

"We're going to discover that over the course of the season that they may be pulling a lot more strings politically than meets the eye," O'Brien continues."That will be a driving theme through Season 10 — that Horatio may not completely understand the face of evil that is facing him. ... Horatio's fight for justice might just get compromised."

CSI: Miami premieres Sunday at 10/9c on CBS.

Chris Redman: Michael Travers and so much more - Interview

by Lusiana Maggiore

AnAwardForEmily has had the pleasure to have a nice chat (via email) with Christopher Redman, best known by CSI:Miami fanatics as Micheal Travers, British lab tech and often comic relief on the show. A few questions for him and he has found the time to answer them back for us, we'll know how CSI:Miami cast spend their long hours on the set and everything Chris is working on, because, believe me, even if he is not always on the show, he knows how to keep himself busy! And we'll see in some good thing...

Has your life somehow changed after you've been cast in CSI:Miami?
-I've never been on a show with such a devoted fan base! It feels great to be a part of the CSI family and to know how many people enjoy the show. Interacting with fans has been really fun.

 How is life on the CSI:Miami set? Funny and relaxed like everyone says?
- The days on the set are very relaxed for the most part. Everyone is so comfortable with each other, we can all just be ourselves and get to the work. The hours can be long so cast and crew definitely like to keep it easy and joke around a little, play music and face-off in online Scrabble.

Are you working on some projects, aside CSI:Miami?
-Yeah! Because Travers is only in every other episode ( or so) I have time to work on other films and shows. I'll be in an episode of Rizzoli And Isles on TNT airing in October and a film called The Big Year also in October with Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson where I play a birdwatcher on his honeymoon.....in the arctic. Small part but so much fun. I also like to do a lot of writing and painting...but that's just for my own sanity.

How is it to work with Emily Procter?
-Emily is always so warm and lovely to work with. I wish she came into my lab more! She is very funny in real life and such a talented actor, I know it'll be a hoot if she's coming in.

We have seen Travers is in some episodes of the new season, what can we expect?
-Well, without giving away too much, let's just say I get a gun and a badge. ( pause) I'm kidding. More fun in the lab, helping the gang out with my sizable brain and a few classic Travers british-isms for good measure. The writer's are tapping into his sense of humour more, which I love.

 Your favorite CSI:Miami episode?
- Well, my favorite to shoot is a toss up between "Dissolved" because I got to go outside!! That one and the episode where I quote the Lord Byron poem to Horatio was pretty hilarious.

 A big thanks again to Chris for being so nice to his fans, we wish him the best for his career and, well, can't wait to see him back on CSI:Miami Sunday Sept 25th on CBS for the season 10 premiere. See you all there!

CBS FALL PREMIERE SHOW: CSI:Miami

Sunday 9/18 7:30 pm ET / 4:30 pm PT on CBS: Go behind the scenes of Sunday nights' line-up including The Amazing Race, The Good Wife and CSI: Miami!

FALL PREMIERE SHOW - 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT Welcome to the Fall Premiere Show! You don't want to miss all the interviews with your favorite CBS actors, behind the scenes features, and "first look" glimpses into this Fall's line-up! Tune in tonight at 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT as host Ashley Hartman gets you ready for the new Fall season here on CBS!

Emily on KMVQ-FM

Emily Procter with Maria
Maria spoke with CSI Miami's own Emily Procter about tonight's episode where the love of her and another CSI comes full circle and what it was like to work with Puff Daddy. Emily also gives us some tips how she wears white around all those crime scenes










  

Thanks to Kris for sending me the message! You go girl!

UsMagazine.com: CSI: Miami's Emily Procter Had No Idea She Was Pregnant!

CSI: Miami's Emily Procter Had No Idea She Was Pregnant!

After years of trying to conceive a child, CSI: Miami's Emily Procter dreamed of the day she would finally become a mother -- literally!

"I'm so excited! I actually had no idea that I was pregnant, and in
the middle of the night I had this dream," Procter, 41, tells UsMagazine.com. "There was this old woman, and she said, 'Honey, you're pregnant!' And I said, 'No, I'm not. There's no way.'"

Procter took the dream as a sign and woke up in the middle of the night to take a pregnancy test.

"I thought that dream was so bizarre, and when it was positive, of course I told my boyfriend [musician Paul Bryan]," the Palmer's spokeswoman says. "We were like, 'Wow! That is unbelievable.'"

Since then, the actress -- who is due in December -- says her CSI: Miami costars have already begun offering advice to the first-time parents.

"It’s probably 90 percent men [on set], and I expected them to be weird about it, and they have been so sweet," she tells Us.
"I get guys coming in saying, 'These are my daughter's favorite
onesies,' and 'My son loves this rattle' or 'This works really well for
my family.' These big burly guys who could walk on fire and not feel it
are like, 'Let me get you a chair. Are you thirsty? Are you drinking
enough water?'"

And as she preps for her baby's arrival, Procter is keeping the details of her baby's sex mum -- for now, anyway.

"We have a couple of names picked out," she teases. "We are going to see. It's all in negotiation."

sheknows.com: Emily Procter shares pregnancy secrets

Emily Procter shares pregnancy secrets

SheKnows: Being a celebrity, the world wants to know
about your pregnancy. Is it a challenge for you to keep it still
between you and this little baby that’s growing inside you or are you
more than willing to share it with the world?  

Emily Procter: It was one of those things where I
wanted to see how the pregnancy progressed before I made any sort of
announcement. I was home for the summer and I kept going places and
hearing from people, "Oh my gosh, I heard you’re pregnant." [Laughs] What? Apparently, my dad took it upon himself to let the world know he was going to be a grandfather finally. [Laughs]
That’s how that turned out. It’s been fine. My job prepared me nicely
for having people come up and randomly touch me because that’s what
happens all the time. People just come up and touch my sweater or fix my
hair. Nobody ever says, "Here I come, I’m going to touch you!" Now,
everyone’s touching my belly. I’m completely used to it. It feels normal
to me.

Southern mothering to Southern California

SheKnows: What parts of your childhood, or how you were raised, do you seek to replicate as a mother yourself?

Emily Procter: I hope to teach my child to toilet paper as many houses as possible [laughs].
Seriously, one thing I’m going to miss in Los Angeles versus North
Carolina is that it is so much bigger here. I’m looking forward to
seeing how I will handle that. One thing I love about being in Los
Angeles is there are so many wonderful parks. There are great places to
play outside. That was not available to us as a child, because it would
get cold. At a certain point, you didn’t play outside because it was
winter. Parts of my childhood I’d like to recreate for my child? I don’t
know. I feel in a lot of ways I’m still living the way my family raised
me. I’m a big holiday person. I’m one of those people who is decorating
for Halloween the first day of October [laughs]. I’m just
going to do a lot of the same things my mom did with me. My parents were
really good at showing us where the origins of things were. We went to a
dairy farm, things like that.

SheKnows: In the last couple of years, there’s been a
real trend for the press to cover celebrity babies, almost like the
babies of celebrities become celebrities. Are you ready for that? Or,
are you seeking to be more of a shielding mother to keep the press away
from your little one?

Emily Procter: The one thing I’ve noticed about
having my job, for myself, is that I always felt that if I behaved
normally and acted the same, people are going to treat me the same. I
think it worked. I think with a child, I’m already in severe danger of
being overprotective. I would have done that anyway. I hope I will give
my child the freedom to not be that protective of them constantly. It’s
just going to be life as normal for us. That’s what I hope, anyway [laughs].

Procter and the work-motherhood balance

SheKnows: Such an issue for women all over the world, how do you seek to balance your career and motherhood?

Emily Procter: One thing I think that is nice about
being an older mom is that my career is established enough that
motherhood is going to step up and take the primary role. I feel very
thankful for that. I’m also in a position that the people that I work
with are parents to children too. They’ve already been wonderful with me
being pregnant. It’s going to be great. I’m just going to take the baby
to work. That’s my plan.

SheKnows: CSI: Miami is premiering October 3, how’s the shoot been while pregnant?

Emily Procter: It’s been great for me. In every scene, I’m just sitting in a chair [laughs]! You don’t understand, this is my favorite season so far.

SheKnows: Are they going to write that into your
storyline, or are you just sitting at tables and walking around holding a
folder over your belly?

Emily Procter: [Laughs] The good news, I’m
due anytime before Christmas. They’ve been very nice about it thus far,
but I have a feeling that people are going to be tapping their watch,
looking at me, ready for me to go to the gym in February. "Alright, you
don’t get to sit down anymore."

SheKnows: Are you going to take any time off after having the baby?

Emily Procter: I’m going to try not to; I’m going to try to not miss an episode. I’m not pulling my weight this year, I’m really not [laughs]. I’m surprised when they pay me.

People: Emily Procter ‘Grateful’ to Experience Pregnancy

Emily Procter ‘Grateful’ to Experience Pregnancy

Rene Macura/Palmer’s/AP

How much does Emily Procter love being pregnant?

“I started crying the other day just thinking that the baby is going to leave me soon!” says Procter about her first child — she’s keeping the sex a secret — with her boyfriend, musician Paul Bryan.

“You have this relationship with this person in your belly and it’s really amazing.”

Procter, 41, is enjoying finally feeling her baby move.

“It’s really fun at night, because I can see the baby kicking,” says Procter, who is the new face for Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula stretch mark products.

“I can feel the knee or the foot. The baby is starting to get heavy,
and it’s a really incredible feeling. I’m so grateful I get to
experience this.”

And how does she feel about her changing body? “There’s not a
stretch mark!” says Procter, who uses Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula
Tummy Butter on her belly in the morning and the Skin Therapy Oil at
night.

Rene Macura/Palmer’s/AP

The actress, who has gained 20 lbs. so far, is keeping active walking, swimming and taking a hip hop dance class once a week.

“It’s hilarious!” she says about her dance class. “But I feel really
good. I would love to tell you that I don’t worry about losing the
weight after the baby is born, but I do try to think before I eat. The
first cookie? Definitely! But I try to think about if I really want to
do the extra sit-ups before I eat the second one.”

Procter and Bryan have already agreed on a name for the baby, due in December.
“We’re naming it after one of my grandparents,” she says. And as for
the nursery? Although it’s not quite ready yet, they’re keeping it
gender neutral in soothing green colors.

The birth plan is also not locked in place. “It’s one of those
things where I’m trying not to be nervous and see what happens,” says
Procter.

“I was leaving work the other day and as I was saying goodbye to [CSI: Miami costar] Eva LaRue,
she said, ‘Emily, you’re having a baby!’ And all of a sudden it hit me
and yes, I got nervous! So I went home and signed up for CPR! But I try
not to get stressed about it. I’m probably going to have this
experience only once, so I’m just so thankful.”

Rene Macura/Palmer’s/AP

– Ulrica Wihlborg

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Lamont and Tonelli - Emily Procter Interview 09-21-09

CSI: Miami star Emily Procter called in this morning to tell us how excited she is for the season premiere of her show tonight.

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Thanks to Kris

CSI: SheKnows

CSI: SheKnows

Joel D Amos

Emily Procter is many things to different audiences. For millions, she is the face of the right wing on The West Wing. To those millions, and millions more, she is the woman at the heart of CBS’s monster hit, CSI: Miami.

SheKnows sat down with the star on the eve November sweeps and Procter promised a CSI: Miami month to remember.

Procter
was born in North Carolina and her Southern Belle accent is hard to
miss. She’s unassuming, glamorous and immensely talented. Her film
resume includes Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage and Jerry Maguire alongside Tom Cruise. There is an unspoken charm to Procter that lingers long after the interview concluded.

Her work on television has made her a household name. Procter answers all our CSI: Miami and West Wing questions as well as letting us in on the secrets to staying stunning under the Miami heat.

Procter's proud resume

SheKnows: Thanks for taking some time with SheKnows today.

Emily Procter: Oh, absolutely - although, I don’t know if I’m qualified (laughs).

SheKnows: (Laughing) Oh, I’d say you are! First of all for me personally, it’s such a pleasure to speak with you.

Emily Procter: It is so nice of you to say that.

SheKnows:
It’s been great to watch your career over the years. To see you finding
such success in such varied characters. For you, has that been the key
to your success and longevity?

Emily Procter:
You know, the entertainment business is so odd. I’ve always say that
more often than not, it’s not what people are capable of doing, but
what people allow one to do. I feel like I have hit the lottery twice
with West Wing and CSI: Miami because they are both
such different women. But, they are both such strong women. That has
been a tremendous joy. And sprinkled here and there I’ve been other
fun, challenging things. I loved Breast Men.

SheKnows: Yes, with David Schwimmer. That's a good movie!

Emily Procter:
Yeah, that was great. Even in really small parts over the years that
have me with people who have such an artistic way of looking at things
- I feel that I have been really lucky. Who knows how that happens (laughs)?

CSI: Miami vs. West Wing: a tale of two tales

SheKnows: Was there any difference with the two shows you've most recently starred in? West Wing was already an established show when you joined the cast, whereas CSI: Miami was a new show.

Emily Procter: When I joined West Wing, my very first day, they broke before my first close up so they could congratulate everyone on the Emmys they had just won (laughs).

SheKnows: Oh, boy. What a way to start!

Emily Procter: I know! CSI: Miami
was terrifying in a different way because we were a spin-off. I think
we felt a lot of pressure trying to live up to a show (original CSI), that
really is the way it is because of chemistry. You can’t recreate that.
All of us were sort of frozen. It’s a different style of acting than
any of us had done before. How do we put our own personality into it?
The first year was really hard. Before the first show aired, we were
all, ‘it’s nice working with you.’ (laughs) Then we got some
ratings. The whole first year at any moment we expected to not be at
work the next day. The second year we settled down. In hindsight, I
like the way that it’s played out because I don’t think we really hit
our stride until the end of season four (laughs).

SheKnows: Sometimes, shows get some serious legs around season four or five. Look at 24. And then they go on for 10 more seasons, like NYPD Blue, you never know.

Emily Procter:
If we’re still going six, seven years from now, we’re all going to need
knee replacements because we’re always bending down to pick things up
and stuff (laughs).

SheKnows: I would think so at all those crime scenes, you’re always squatting or kneeling. It’s worse than football players.
Emily Procter: (laughs) That’s great!

Miami heat

SheKnows: Now, do you film much in Miami?

Emily Procter:
We spend about a quarter of the time there. It’s sort of become this
thing where we all want to go and they don’t want us to go because I
don’t think we’re professional enough when we’re in Miami (laughs).

SheKnows: It is a fun town.

Emily Procter: (laughs) Oh, my gosh yes.

SheKnows:
I wondered because Miami is known for its heat. And you just look so
gorgeous day in and day out, is there any secrets to that?

Emily Procter:
Yes, it’s a SWAT Team of beauty - people with aerosol misters and hair
brushes and lip liners. I always say to the hair people, ‘just one day
I’d like to wake up and already have you people in my bathroom.’

Political Proctor

SheKnows: I wanted to ask about you joining West Wing.
It wasn’t simply this great actress, Emily Proctor, joining that show.
You brought a new voice to it as well – the right wing. Did you get a
lot of response from that side of the political aisle for taking on a
Republican character on a left-leaning show?

Emily Procter:
What I personally loved about that, that I wished was happening in our
current politics, is that it showed respect for the rainbow of
politics. I really loved it. I loved the show for doing that. I got a
lot of people asking my opinion of politics which are very different
than Ainsley’s. That was also what made it so fun to play. I was
watching the debates this year and I thought America – I love America –
now is the time where we really need to unite and stand together and
grow. I wish people were more respectful of each other’s sides so we
can figure out how these problems can be fixed.

SheKnows:
Because you are someone who is so active in various causes including
animal and environmental ones,  there certainly seems to be an
excitement about getting involved right now.

Emily Procter: It’s so fun, isn’t it? I love it!

SheKnows: Is that encouraging for you, someone who’s been active all along.

Emily Procter:
I think it’s cyclical. As a society we check out from one another and
now we’re checking back in because we’re being forced to look at all
these issues. What I love is to have so much company, to have everyone
be so interested. I voted yesterday and it was so nice. I had the day
off. I voted by absentee ballot because you never know with
entertainment if you’ll have enough time. I am loving voting this year.
I went out to breakfast with a whole group and we discussed the
propositions and we all voted. We checked each other’s dots to make
sure things were filled in properly. It's really fun to have everyone
so vested in our country.

SheKnows: Many people taking the day off.

Emily Procter: What are you going to do? Does SheKnows have you working ?

SheKnows: Sure, but I will definitely have time to vote and wear the I Voted sticker with pride all day.

Emily Procter: Ah, it’s so fun. I just love it.

Nothing but sunshine

SheKnows: Did I read somewhere that you had a sting as a weather girl?

Emily Procter:
I did! I started in journalism. When I was in college, I was nineteen.
I had the weekend weather spot. Then I got into reporting. I just
thought, I don’t have the constitution for it. I can’t cover murder all
day long.

SheKnows: What do you have coming up acting-wise?

Emily Procter: I have a little independent movie coming up called Barry Munday.
It’s in post-production right now. My character is very different than
anything I’ve done for the last ten years. I did get to make out with
everybody in the movie.

SheKnows: Not too shabby, depending on the co-stars.

Emily Procter: That’s what I thought. You know, Patrick Wilson’s wonderful. He was really great. Colin Hanks is in it too.

SheKnows: There are worse ways to spend your days. Emily, this has been a treat. Thank you so much for your time.

Emily Procter: You’re so nice and thank you for saying such kind things about my career. That’s really generous of you.

SheKnows: Hopefully we will reconnect again in the future.

Emily Procter: I hope so too. I’m excited for November 4.

SheKnows: Well happy Election Day to you. It’ll be a fourth to remember.

Emily Procter: I’m going to quote you on that. I really will!

A quick chat with CSI: Miami star Emily Procter

Aug 14, 2009

The CSI: Miami actress talks ballistics, blackjack and being a Hollywood blonde...



Is Calleigh Duquesne a fun character to play?

"I love playing such a wickedly tough woman. She’s so aggressive and so
serious. If I were hanging out with Calleigh, the first thing I’d do is
buy her a beer – she needs to relax."



Do you enjoy doing the action scenes in the show?

"I do, and this year I’m doing a lot more stunt work. I’ve been wanting to jump off a tall building for years."



Your character’s a ballistics expert. Have you had to learn a lot about guns?

"I was very conflicted about playing someone who is so pro-gun. But I
started doing ballistics training once a week, and now I am fascinated
and excited by the gun work. If the show ended tomorrow, I’d still go
and train – it’s like doing a dance with a machine."



How do you stay looking so cool and glamorous in the Miami heat?

"I have a SWAT team of beauty people with aerosols, hairbrushes and lip-liner."



CSI: Miami never takes itself too seriously, does it?

"One of the things I love about the show is that it’s a fantasy and it
has this comic-book undertone. There are a lot of bikinis, guns and
explosions, and we have a ball."





What would you like to do next, career-wise?

"I have hit the magic television button twice with The West Wing and this. I’d like to do it again, but maybe with a comedy."





How big a break was The West Wing for you?

"During my first seven years in Hollywood, I was either asked to play
sleazy or stupid, depending on the type of blonde they wanted. I used
to ring my parents and tell them not to watch anything I’d been in. The
West Wing was the first time I could play smart. I didn’t want to say
goodbye to it, but I couldn’t turn down a job as a scientist."





Did you ever think you weren’t going to make it as an actress?

"I remember standing in LA Airport thinking I’d made the biggest
mistake of my life. But I signed up to an extras agency and, within two
days, I’d made $25. My skin was very thin in the early days and I had
to toughen up a lot. I found it hard to get work because I had an
accent, and I tried very hard to get rid of it."



Finally, we hear you’re a bit of a poker whiz…

"My dad taught me maths by playing cards with me. He thought it would
inspire me to learn if I could win money, and he was right. When I
moved to LA, I played blackjack and poker to supplement my income."

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NEWS: Emily Procter at My Turn (100.3 fm The sound LA)

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Experts Miami : "succès inattendu" pour Emily Procter

Emily Procter, de la série Les Experts Miami, sans tabous et avec
humour, de son rôle, des restrictions financières et … de ses
partenaires.

Le succès a été immédiat et international pour le dérivé made in Miami des Experts Las Vegas :
selon le même procédé, on suit les enquêtes criminelles de la police
scientifique, mais sous le soleil de Floride. Ce qui donne à la série
un côté plus glamour ! Emily Procter, qui interprète la blonde Calleigh
Duquesne, agent spécialiste en balistique, est la première à s’étonner
de ce succès. Présente dès le pilote de la série, elle avoue avoir
démarré l’aventure sans trop y croire. Et voilà qu’elle entame sa
huitième saison !

Après tant d’années, l’équipe est devenue une vraie famille.
"Impossible de s’ennuyer avec un rôle comme celui là", assure Emily
Procter, qui avoue quand même vouloir s’essayer un jour à la comédie.
Entre les trois volets de cette série (Las Vegas, Miami et Manhattan)
les relations sont quasi fraternelles : un peu de compétition, beaucoup
d’affection, selon la comédienne. Chacun a dû trouver une vraie
personnalité à son personnage, comme son partenaire David Caruso (alias
Horatio Caine), dont les tics sont souvent parodiés...

Ecoutez Emily Procter au micro d'Alain Carrazé et Jean-Marc Morandini :

Y a-t-il compétition entre les Experts ?
by Europe1fr

Malgré des restrictions budgétaires imposées par la chaîne CBS (et aucune série n’est épargnée), Les experts Miami
s’en tire plutôt bien ! Selon Emily Procter, une neuvième et même une
dixième saison sont programmées ! Mais si les scènes sont de moins en
moins tournées à Miami même, ce qui, confesse-t-elle, est bénéfique
pour la concentration et le professionnalisme de l’équipe !

TRANSLATION:
Emily Procter, from CSI:Miami, without taboos and with humor, about her role, the financial restrictions and her partners.

Success has been immediate and international for the made in Miami CSI spin-off which follows forensic police criminal cases too, but under the Florida sun, which gives to the show a more glamour touch! Emily Procter, who plays the blond CAlleigh Duquesne, ballistic specialist, it's the first to be stunned by this success. Present from the pilot she accepted the new adventure without believing too much, and here she is at the 8th season!

After all these years, the crew has become a real family. "It's impossible to get bored with such a role", says Emily Procter who confesses she would like to try out comedy one day. Among the three CSI shows relationship are almost fraternal, a bit of competition, lot of affection. Every one of them has had to find a real personality for their characters, like her partner David Caruso whose tics are always in many parodies...

Despite budget restriction imposed by CBS, CSI:MIami is going quite fine! For Emily Procter, a 9th and a 10th season are already planned! If the scene shot in Miami are less and less. she confesses, it's a benefit for concentration and professionalism of the crew!

Emily on VIVA Magazine: Go with the Flow

Go with the flow

 

CSI starlet Emily Procter opens up about remembering the past, living in
the present and how sheís prepared to take on whatever comes next.

By Bonnie Siegler

 

When you first meet Emily Procter, it’s her unpretentious, thoughtful
and composed manner that greets you. The co-star of the widely popular
CBS drama CSI: Miami exudes an air of total calm, a quiet dignity that you
somehow know is deep and true, despite the success that has led to the bring lights of
California from modest Raleigh, North Carolina. “I think I’ve held on to my Southern
roots,” she says with a lingering hint of a Southern drawl, “because I’m proud of where
I come from. I feel there is a hospitality and level of kindness with one another that
I miss in a big city like Los Angeles. Is it necessary to hold on to these roots? I don’t
know. It might be silly that I have.”


Throughout her life, Procter remembers her grandmother and the influence she had
on her granddaughter’s decorating taste, forward-thinking nature and firm opinions.
“She was a very fearless woman and she prepared me for life in a really wonderful way.
My mother and I are incredibly close, but she’s my mother and will always parent me.
My grandmother told me that every night she’d say, ‘God, I’m so sorry I let you down
but I will do better tomorrow.’ She said that in regard to her own opinion because
my grandmother was very opinionated. Every morning, she would say, ‘please let me
remember that my opinion is just that and to keep it to myself.’ That was the moment
I fell totally in love with her because it was so honest. I have really, really tried to
remember that in my own life that my opinion is mine, but I fail at that a lot, too.”
Her extraordinary tight bond with her grandmother, who passed away at a
remarkable age 90 (“after giving a dinner party the night before, so maybe she was
worn out,” she says) has only added to Procter’s sense of maturity and responsibility.



But the actress - standing at a petite 5'2" - thinks her life’s destiny
has more to do with love. “I’m spiritual, but I don’t necessarily believe
in organized religion for values in life. I think that the universe is
such a wondrous place and there’s so much about it that we don’t
know, but I relate more to the power of love - or the power of the
lack of love. I always think that the higher being in life is love because
love does seem to be able to fix things. And I’m speaking about true
love - true, honest, giving, loving thoughts to a living creature.
That always seems to work.” But one question lingers: whom do you
love now? “I love a lot of people,” she says immediately. “I have the
same best friend that I had since kindergarten and love her. I love my
mom and my dad. I love my boyfriend, and I love my cat, Kevin.”


Unassuming in nature, the prestige of being a leading lady on a global
hit drama escapes the 40-year-old actress, and goes beyond money,
extravagances and award shows. Right now, Procter is reveling and
enjoying cleaning out the closets of her Spanish-style home while on
summer hiatus from filming. “Oh, this feels so good,” she gushes. “I
end up having to buy things to wear to events so I have to clean out
my closets regularly. Then my friends come over and look
at everything and take what they want. Sometimes
they bring stuff over too. So I’m recycling
goods.” It’s evident from
Procter’s ‘spring cleaning’ enthusiasm that she has a genuine passion
for the environment and living a sustainable lifestyle. “I never lived
excessively before CSI, so one thing I always tell people about living
a sustainable lifestyle is don’t buy disposable furniture,” proclaims
Procter, who became interested in decorating at age five when her mom
awarded her the task of choosing some upholstery. When not filming,
she continues to enjoy interior decorating and building houses with a
partner and friend, gathering from antique shops, flea markets, garage
sales and family. “Buy pieces that you really love and aren’t going to get
rid of in three years. Find ways to repurpose older furniture.”


Her environmental balance is also reflected in other sound choices.
Not only does Emily love degradable garbage bags, she also is a proud
patron of a local “green” dry cleaner. “What is really important are green
cleansing products - things that go down the drain should be better
for the ocean. We should have a higher standard.” Procter says she’s
fallen in love with eco-friendly dishwasher tablets “that are fantastic
and get your dishes really clean.” She also says organic personal care
products have also changed her life and outlook on green living.
“[I love the] bubble bath ones because I’m a big bath person. I don’t
fill the tub up all the way so it’s still less water consumption than
taking a shower.” She’s also fond organic shower gels and lotions, and
her favourite are those “that are so pure you could eat them. And the
scents are incredible.”



Such “green” wisdom from a gal who grew up with archeology
ambitions, completed her degree in journalism and dance at East
Carolina University, and became a weather anchor in Greenville, North
Carolina. “I used to tell people I wanted to be an archeologist, but I
don’t know that it was actually a possibility,” she says with laughter.
“I loved the idea of fossils and had a fairly substantial rock collection.
That was one of the things I always wanted for my birthday - rocks!”
She still has a fair amount of rocks in her Hollywood Hills home
along with collections of bug shadow boxes and over sixty cobalt
blue books. “Whenever I travel, I buy a blue book and put a note in
there of all the people I was with and where I was when I bought it.
They are getting harder and harder to fi nd because it’s a very specific
shade of royal blue, one of my favourite colours.” She pauses and
smiles. “And fl ying insects, beetles - things like that. I know, it’s an
acquired taste.” Although still likes to get her hands dirty, rocks have
been replaced by gardening. “I really enjoy being outside, so working
in the garden for me is a great mental focus. I have a blackberry bush
that’s wonderful.” Since developing a green thumb, her food offerings
have also become plentiful and more natural, fi nding a satisfying
feeling of growing her produce. “I grow tomatoes and it’s very easy to
grow basil. I always have cottage cheese in the refrigerator because
I’ll have that with the yellow teardrop cherry tomatoes I grow and
some basil.”


As beautiful as Procter is on the outside, it’s the internal care she
strives to give herself that reinforces her overall well-being. Along
with a daily multi-vitamin and folic acid supplement, the athletic
actress says a healthy diet only supports her exercise routine. “I
eat healthy, real foods but I’m not an over-dieter, which I think is
unhealthy.” A self-confessed “fairly decent cook,” Procter stocks her
kitchen with micro greens, milk, eggs, salad makings, nuts and rice
crackers. Fresh fruit is delivered monthly through a special farming
program thanks to a yearly gift from a friend. “I have candy jars in
my kitchen that are full of nuts - walnuts, almonds, pistachios,
soy nuts - and rice crackers. And I do have a jar filled with semisweet
chocolate chips that give me the same satisfaction as M&Ms,
but they’re a little bit better for you and I don’t need quite as many.”
When it comes to regular exercise, the actress thinks outside the
box. “I dance three days a week either hip hop or ballet and I started
taking trapeze classes, which is really fun.” She has also competed in
several marathons and triathlons. “I have a girls’ running group and
we get together once a week; we’ve been doing it for 10 years. I have
very strong legs.”



Those same “strong legs” are also Procter’s favourite body part. “They
say that one of the keys to having a long, healthy life is to have strong
legs. So it’s sort of a double edged sword for me because I have those
strong legs that are in good shape, so I feel happy and thankful
about that. But sometimes I wish I had those long, lean pencil legs.”
She definitely makes use of them considering she arranges a biking
group and makes time to ride together to see a movie when possible.
Despite all her exercise and healthy eating, though, one area of
concern “are my upper arms. I’m built solidly so I have very solid
arms,” she shares, “and sometimes in clothes, they look too solid.”
Despite a sexy Hollywood image synonymous with her smoldering,
no-nonsense on-screen character detective Calleigh Duquesne,
Procter says she has little in common with her alter-ego except “we
are both very strong women who are also very organized. Th e benefit
of being a strong woman is having confidence in yourself.”
Summing up her own image, Procter almost apologizes for the vast
contrasts in her personality. “I’m busy; my boyfriend calls me the
tiny tornado. Kindness - that’s a trait that I take great care to work
on. And lastly, what people wouldn’t know from my CSI character, is
that I’m silly. I’m a big practical joker.” Yet, Procter says her life is in
constant flux with balancing the physical, emotional and spiritual
sides of life. “I just think you do your best. Th at’s the question I ask
myself the most: Am I doing my best? Did I do my best? If the answer
is “yes” then I think I’ve done okay. I always say to myself “just do
your best” because I do think that people let the world get on top
of them and life will ride you if you let it. The trick is to ride it. Life
works if you do your best.”