Chris Carmack Professions : Actor Born : December 22, 1980 Browse All Authors Top 38 quotes by Chris Carmack In terms of hardline right-wing people on television, there's some people that make me cringe when I change the channel. Chris Carmack wings people television A career like mine as an actor has a lot of ups and downs. Sometimes you wonder if you're not wasting your time trying to carve out a space for yourself in this crazy entertainment industry. Chris Carmack crazy careers space I don't want to go to the future. I'm scared of the future! Chris Carmack scared want One of my pet peeves is that when people are in their automobiles, I think they're exceptionally rude on the road. I would love to have the superpower to make their cars break down after they do something rude on the road so the freeways would be littered with these jackasses who have broken-down cars. Chris Carmack car people thinking I have a couple of nice guitars that I use, but I don't have anything that I collect. I collect a lot of dust in my apartment, if that counts for anything. Chris Carmack guitar nice couple I like taking things apart and putting them back together. Tinkering. I'd be a professional tinkerer. Tinkerbell. I think that's what they're called. Chris Carmack tinkering together thinking I think I was a pretty energetic kid. Well, I was energetic until about my mid-20s when I discovered alcohol. That's not entirely true, but you get older and the edge comes off. Chris Carmack alcohol kids thinking I've often been described more than once in my life as very much like a golden retriever. Just sort of happy and excited to do whatever it is even if it's as simple as retrieving a ball and bringing it back ad nauseum. Chris Carmack golden-retrievers balls simple I really do love the theater and as you get deeper into your career, it gets harder to carve out the time to do theater. Chris Carmack harder theater careers I felt a certain modicum of success because I had been paid well to be an actor for the first time in my life, but I felt like I had done adolescent work on the show, and stepping into the New York theater arena was the first time I felt like I'd come into my own. I felt like I was proving myself in a gladiatorial arena. Chris Carmack arena new-york firsts Success has a lot of different plateaus. But I first felt really proud of myself when I was doing an off-Broadway production in New York City. Chris Carmack different cities new-york I've been very lucky in my employment over the years. You would think that the worst job I've ever had was as janitor, but it really wasn't, because I was a janitor at my dad's office building when I was younger. Chris Carmack dad jobs thinking Being an assistant in a computer lab was the worst job I ever had. It was boring. That was when I was in college. Chris Carmack labs college jobs I'm no expert in what country artists go through or how country audiences would react, but I'll say that the work I did to put myself in Will Lexington's shoes absolutely led me to believe that it would ruin his career. Meanwhile, I was getting lots of supportive messages saying, "Will Lexington should just come out! It's 2015 already, audiences are going to embrace it!" Chris Carmack artist believe country I've run into more than anything is people who have a belief that they know who you are. Type-casting happens because people actually write you off. "You are in this box. That's all you are, that's everything you are." It's a very de-humanizing experience. Chris Carmack writing running people Music kept me sane between acting jobs. Chris Carmack sane acting jobs I've been writing songs on little pieces of paper since I was a little kid, and it's just always been something I've done. Chris Carmack writing song kids People really do identify with the characters they see on the show, but these days, social media allows you to interact with fans in a really interesting way. On my Twitter account, I'm Chris Carmack, not Will Lexington. I interact with fans and joke with them. I'll post pictures from my life. I think that helps drop the curtain of a character. Chris Carmack media character thinking I have gotten better at saying to myself, 'Relax and just take this moment in. Appreciate it for what it is.' Chris Carmack better myself moment relax There are a lot of opportunities to do a lot of great, wonderful things, and if you say yes to them all, you will not sleep or breathe or eat. Chris Carmack will great you sleep Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
