The Big C, the latest original series from Showtime, follows the life of Cathy Jamison (Laura Linney), a reserved, stifled, Minneapolis schoolteacher who receives life changing news and decides, from that moment on, to make drastic, long-overdue adjustments to the way she is living her life. Receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis causes the perfect wife and mother to want to throw away her conservative, structured life and let her freak flag fly.

During a recent interview while at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, actress Laura Linney talked about taking on this new role and how it has made you evaluate certain things in her own life. Check out what she had to say after the jump: