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

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

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 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…

- 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 anoth…

- 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 bei…

- Jennifer Carpenter

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.

- Jennifer Carpenter

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 emot…

- Jennifer Carpenter