Envelope Emmy Week: Bringing personal experience to the role and not knowing what direction their character might go

As part of the Envelope Emmy Week and Screening Series, we gathered a group of actors to participate in an Alternative Families panel earlier this week Jennifer Carpenter of Dexter, Peter Krause of Parenthood, Cloris Leachman of Raising Hope, Denis O Hare of True Blood, Emmy Rossum of Shameless and Katey Sagal of Sons of Anarchy to talk about how each of their shows, in their own weird ways, involve the bonds of family, and the intimate relationships those bonds can bring. In the hourlong c