Quotes of Actress Carly Pope

Good manners and respecting your elders, a sense of community, holding a conversation at a social event - that's how I grew up.
- Carly Pope

I kind of see myself as a cartoon that's on its way to becoming a real person that has to find that special amulet or mushroom to get to that next realm or level. I don't feel like anything is that tangible. It freaks me out, why I feel unhappy or conflicted and why that can change on a dime.
- Carly Pope

Idealistically, I'd love to stay here and just be doing Canadian stuff. It's unfortunate when at the end of the day it's hard to make a living at it up here. I feel a necessity to find some financial stability and I don't want to have to leave the industry to do that. It's a struggle, but I'm happy to throw caution for a little while longer and see how it goes. And to be perfectly honest, I put myself in that proverbial safety net for a long time - I really did. Fortunately, I have a little jackknife and I tore a hole into it and now I'm getting out.
- Carly Pope

I play a bit of a strategic game with choosing roles that might be educational, insightful, or inspiring. I try and find characters that represent what I would like to see on TV, being a little bit more open-minded, less stereotypical.
- Carly Pope

When I was younger, when I thought of myself as older, I would have these little flashes of fame, but then they would go away because it always seemed so far off.
- Carly Pope

It's a matter of knowing who you are and just keeping with that.
- Carly Pope

It's really, really frightening I might get typecast as this teenager in high school. That's one thing I really want to stay away from.
- Carly Pope

When I was younger I'd have these visions of how I'd be when I grew up, but they wouldn't last very long.
- Carly Pope

Acting was always an innate ambition, it was where I belonged.
- Carly Pope

I don't avoid pain by not remembering something; I try to remember. Memory is empowering, and it's what gives you your sense of continuity in the world.
- Carly Pope