Megan Charpentier Quotes

I love to take care of people, so I think I'd be a good vet. I always wanted to be a vet when I was little.

There was a brief period of time when I was very young where I thought I wanted to be a veterinarian - largely because I liked cats - but then somebody told me I would have to cut animals open, and that was the end of that.

In my early teen years, I wanted to become a vet. That was my plan. I worked as a veterinarian's assistant for a couple of summers.

When I was a young girl, I was so crazy about animals that I wanted to do something associated with them, and I thought of being a vet. But then again, I figured I had to go to medical school, and science wasn't a good subject for me, so I dropped the idea pretty soon and thought maybe I could be a vet's assistant.

If I had the science and math capabilities, I would have liked to be a vet, but I don't! I don't have those capabilities.

I wanted to be a vet. I really thought that's what I wanted to do.

I follow in the footsteps of vets, regardless if they younger than me or older than me.

I'm a vet. I know the game and know how to play the game.

I love animals, and I was always attracted to the idea of being a zoo veterinarian or a veterinarian with the circus.

If I wasn't acting, I'd be teaching acting. That would be my easiest thing to fall back on is teaching it.

I was sure I wanted to grow up to be either a veterinarian or a writer. In fact, I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery.

My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals.

I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor.

One of the reasons I chose Tufts is that they have one of the best veterinary schools in the country. Since I was six years old, I wanted to be a veterinarian.

I had some great vets to learn from.

I was a pretty independent kid. I thought maybe I'd be a veterinarian or an environmental lawyer.

I wanted to be a veterinarian. I adored animals, raised everything in the world and decided that was going to be what I was going to do. But I could sing.

I went to UC Davis because I wanted to be a vet. It's a great profession if it's right for you, but it's memorizing the bones and the muscles, and I am terrible at stuff like that. Also, there's a lot of blood and gore involved.

Acting is very personal. I don't want to be like anybody else. There are positions I would like to be in - like Meryl Streep's, for instance.

You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid.

If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.

Before I was going to be an actress, I was going to be a veterinarian! I thought I was one as a child. I was the kid who was like, 'Daddy! I want a kitty! It needs a mommy!' And my dad was such a sucker. Every time I would beg, with tears flying down my face, about how this animal needs love, needs a home. He would cave.

My advice is to make acting your second career choice.

If I wasn't acting, I'd try and be a footballer. I wouldn't be a musician because I can't write my own music. Realistically, I'd probably do something with dogs, like a vet or something. I love animals.

Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both.