You can take the girl out of Vegas, but you can't take the Vegas out of the girl. Charisma Carpenter More Quotes by Charisma Carpenter More Quotes From Charisma Carpenter Sure, I'd take the responsibility of queen any day. Charisma Carpenter queens responsibility Oh heck yeah, I totally would love to have a Phantom Dennis in real life. Charisma Carpenter phantoms real love This is funny because I just had a job over the summer for VH1, a project I did called Strange Frequency where I got to play a Goth rock band singer. Charisma Carpenter rocks summer jobs Television is my home. It's a special breed of person that can do nine months on and three months off, with 22 episodes of one-hour shows. It's very hard work. It can be a grind. It's not a grind for me. I relish in that. Charisma Carpenter hard-work special home I have insecurities about being a good mom, or balancing my career with motherhood. All of those are very strong, very real obstacles. My motto is just unconsciously, and maybe now consciously because I'm saying it, is sink or swim. I'm a fighter. Charisma Carpenter mom strong real So I begged, half way into season two, for them to let me cut my hair. Charisma Carpenter cutting hair two No, I'm a horrible singer, I'm awful. Charisma Carpenter horrible awful singers When movie people go over into television, it's a little bit of a shock. It's much faster-paced. Everything is really last-minute. You won't know your schedule for the next episode until the last minute. Charisma Carpenter schedules people television There's a pretty good chance that you're going to go down when you're on a motorcycle or if you're sky diving or whatever, but that happened before I even got this job, and I haven't sky dived since. Charisma Carpenter motorcycle sky jobs Sometimes decisions get made and it ends up being God doing for you what you couldn't do for yourself. Charisma Carpenter decision ends sometimes When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast. Charisma Carpenter starting starting-out firsts Always trust your gut and your intuition will steer you right, every time. Charisma Carpenter trust-your-gut guts intuition I am a single mom and I'm the breadwinner and I have to work and I have to do these things and that's just the way it is. I don't think my son even knows any different. Charisma Carpenter mom son thinking My ex-husband and I, even though we're not together, we are 100 percent together in raising our kid. We communicate a lot and where I drop the ball and need him to pick it up or vice versa, he's there. Charisma Carpenter husband together kids I've had the joy of working on critically acclaimed shows, but unfortunately, those shows aren't always in the Golden Globe or Emmy categories, which bums me out because they are really good, quality shows. Charisma Carpenter golden quality joy I'm a mixed breed and hope to live longer because of it. Charisma Carpenter hope-to-live breeding Nothing beats a really rough massage. I really hate a man who goes all limp when he's doing a massage. Who needs a soft massage? Just get in there and rub me hard or don't bother. Charisma Carpenter massage hate men Today my son and I went for a stroll and saw the sea lions and watched the sunset and played ball in the park with our dog. Charisma Carpenter sunset dog son I don't think I've ever really pursued telling my story, but I think things come to you at the right time. Charisma Carpenter right-time stories thinking It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds. Charisma Carpenter gambling praying opportunity
