Tony Winner and '24' Star Cherry Jones Chats with NY POST TV Week

Tony Winner Cherry Jones plays President Allison Taylor on the 7th season of "24." But as she tells The New Post in their TV WEEK magazine, it was not a role she ever dreamed she'd play.

"It wasn't something I ever thought I wanted to do," she tells the paper. "I think slowly. I work slowly. I need my four weeks of rehearsal. Television never appealed to me because it's so fast," she says, adding with a chuckle, "I must be the only actor in New York who's never done a "Law & Order.'"

For the complete interview, including her comments on the DOUBT film, click here.

Jones won a Tony for originating the role of Sister Aloysius in 2005 in DOUBT. The role also earned her a Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, and an Obie for her performances.

Jones' Broadway credits include The Lincoln Center Theater production of The Heiress, Imaginary Friends, Major Barbara, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Our Country's Good, Angels in America and, most recently, Faith Healer. She has also been seen in the regional and Off-Broadway productions of Flesh & Blood, Pride's Crossing, The Baltimore Waltz, Night of the Iguana, The Good Person of Setzuan, and 25 productions as a company member of the American Repertory Theatre, including Twelfth Night, The Three Sisters, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and Lysistrata. Her film credits include Oceans 12, The Village, Signs, Swimmers, Cradle Will Rock, Erin Brockovich, The Horse Whisperer, The Perfect Storm, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and The Lifetime Television movie "What Makes a Family."

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