Charisma Carpenter

“I had been warned not to get on a motorcycle, sort of. I think there is a clause in most general basic contracts to keep yourself in one piece and not alter your looks without telling them first.”

“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.”

“Let me tell you, hitting 40 is not fun.”

“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.”

“You know, nothing is ever happily-ever-after. Ever.”

“When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape.”

“I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's restaurant in San Diego.”

“When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast.”

“Social media is a double-edged sword. I've gotten in trouble for announcing, too soon, something that the network or the studio wanted to do, and it steals some of the thunder, so to speak.”

“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.”

“So I begged, half way into season two, for them to let me cut my hair.”

“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.”

“Sure, I'd take the responsibility of queen any day.”

“So, I'm happy to do that because it's a wonderful working relationship but I will be going out for pilot season for half hour work and that's the gamble I'm taking.”

“On 'Buffy' I wasn't all that high on the totem pole as far as responsibility and screen time.”