“Gilmore Girls” actress Kelly Bishop reflects on beloved show, her complicated character and more

Known for enjoying matriarch Emily Gilmore for seven seasons of “Gilmore Girls,” Kelly Bishop spoke with “CBS Mornings” in regards to the beloved present, her controversial character and how she coped after the loss of life of her husband.

“I loved the role. I loved the writing,” Bishop stated of the present. She says that as a result of ladies “were taught to be good little girls, be ladies,” some actors discover it tough to play somebody who is not. “I see it occasionally, they’re playing a rough character, but they pull back a little bit because you don’t want to make her too mean — and I’m going, ‘No, no, no, bam! I love it.'”

Although Bishop stated she likes to painting complicated characters, she added she may by no means be pals with Emily.

“Because that’s exactly the kind of woman I wouldn’t want to be around, I wouldn’t like. So if I think she’s horrible, I make her more horrible,” she stated.

Bishop additionally revealed what all “Gilmore Girls” followers wish to know: Was she Team Dean, Jess or Logan for the character Rory?

“I am team Logan,” she stated. “All the guys were great, and they’re good-looking, and they’re good actors and charming to work with, but there was just something about the way Matt presents himself that I said it’s like the old movie stars.”

On a private stage, the Tony Award winner mentioned her new memoir, “The Third Gilmore Girl,” the place she wrote about her late husband and how she looked for serenity and peace of thoughts following his loss of life.

“I found myself a therapist. I’ve been in therapy many, many years ago … but then I found a cognitive behaviorist, which is interesting, and I love this woman and we just sit — it’s like girlfriends talking.”

Beyond “Gilmore Girls,” Bishop can be recognized for her roles in motion pictures like “Dirty Dancing” and on Broadway for “A Chorus Line,” however she’ll all the time have a deep appreciation and connection to the sequence.

“It’s just a really good show. It’s really well written. It’s well cast,” she stated. “It’s funny and smart, and there’s a genuine kind of sweetness about it that I think is very appealing. We go back to that.”