Jennifer Carpenter Quotes
I love that there's a beginning, middle and end to a film and you can craft what the whole journey is going to look like.
Well, I made an announcement to my family at 8 that I wanted to be an actor, and I focused like a laser beam on it. I never had a fallback plan.
I hate to say it because I feel like it might be a jinx, but yes - knock on wood - I have never broken a bone.
At a very young age I was predicting outcomes, trying to take all the information and find the best route to wherever I was going. I avoided a lot of pitfalls because of that.
I have learned that keeping my personal life outside of work is the easier, richer way to work.
I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.
I need to make sure that I'm taking roles that I feel like I can communicate through.
I went to school. I went to Juilliard. You spend 13 hours a day on voice and speech. Now I realize why.
If you can create an environment where people are invited to do their best work and the best ideas always win, then the project itself will win.
Practice being in the moment when you are running, whether you are on your own or in the race.
I read Christopher McDougall's book 'Born to Run.' If running were a religion, this would be its bible. I actually scribbled my favorite passages on my arm to read during the race.
It's fun to branch out a bit. I feel like I've held a lot of tricks up my sleeve for a lot of years, and 'Ex-Girlfriends' is a good way to show another side of me.
My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised.
My sister is a chiropractor and she says I have an unusually flexible lower back, but I don't do yoga, and I don't feel like I'm very bendy.