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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.

Jennifer Carpenter

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Jennifer Carpenter
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: December 7
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Jennifer Leann Carpenter
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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.
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I went to school. I went to Juilliard. You spend 13 hours a day on voice and speech. Now I realize why.
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I need to make sure that I'm taking roles that I feel like I can communicate through.
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It's sacred for an actor to keep their personal life personal.
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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.
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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.
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In school, I was always being cast as the clown. And then I did The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), and once people hear you scream, they can't un-hear it. But I don't mean to say that I've been typecast, either.
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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.
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I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.
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It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.
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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.
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Sometimes when I pick up a book off the shelf, when I'm buying a new book to read, I'll look at all of them and they all have the exact same words inside, but I'll think that one is meant to go home with me. I'll never pick the first thing off the shelf, I'll always go one behind.
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You know what, I'm happy to say that everything outside of 'Dexter' feels like a vacation, and I don't mean to say anything negative about the show. It's just a different kind of work. Emotionally it's taxing and complicated, and that's a great thing.
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Comedy is like math - you can check your answer because you know you've gotten it right if you get a laugh. It just makes sense to me. I feel like because I've had to keep that tool in my box for so long, I'm ready to show it off a bit.
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