American - Actress | December 7, 1979 -
I have learned that keeping my personal life outside of work is the easier, richer way to work.
Jennifer Carpenter
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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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Practice being in the moment when you are running, whether you are on your own or in the race.
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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.
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In school I was always being cast as the clown. And then I did 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose,' 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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It's sacred for an actor to keep their personal life personal.
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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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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.
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I just want to be with great teachers. If that means I'm in a horror film with good teachers, I'll do another horror film. But I would love to branch out and do more comedy or just more straight dramas.
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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.
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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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One of the things I've started doing lately is tracking my dreams. I feel like there's a lot of information there and you can really bring those emotions to the situations that may feel mundane or familiar. That gives them new life and gives you a new relationship with it - if that makes any sort of sense.
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