Quotes by Jennifer Carpenter

About Jennifer Carpenter:

Jennifer Leann Carpenter is an American actress best known for playing Debra Morgan on the Showtime drama series Dexter (2006–2013), for which she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2009.
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At a young age I always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So I'm trying to develop things on my own, too, and there are a couple things that have absolutely nothing to do with the entertainment business that I'm trying to tackle. We'll just sort of see.

Jennifer Carpenter

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.

Jennifer Carpenter

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.

Jennifer Carpenter

When I first got to L.A., I was stretching $20 a week, waiting tables, and I did that for about six months. I didn't mind it at all, I was really happy for that experience, but it made me really get aggressive about what I want. I've been doing this ...

Jennifer Carpenter

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

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 sh...

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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 ne...

Jennifer Carpenter

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...

Jennifer Carpenter

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.

Jennifer Carpenter

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.

Jennifer Carpenter

I have learned that keeping my personal life outside of work is the easier, richer way to work.

Jennifer Carpenter

It's sacred for an actor to keep their personal life personal.

Jennifer Carpenter

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.

Jennifer Carpenter

I usually spend the hiatus of 'Dexter' in New York in a way to balance things.

Jennifer Carpenter

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.

Jennifer Carpenter

I believe in possibility, but I'm not sure I believe in demons.

Jennifer Carpenter

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.

Jennifer Carpenter

It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.

Jennifer Carpenter

I went to school. I went to Juilliard. You spend 13 hours a day on voice and speech. Now I realize why.

Jennifer Carpenter

Practice being in the moment when you are running, whether you are on your own or in the race.

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Author Bio

  • NameJennifer Carpenter
  • DescriptionAmerican actress
  • AliasesJennifer Leann Carpenter
  • BornDecember 7, 1979
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor
  • AwardsSaturn Award For Best Supporting Actress On Television