Caroline Dhavernas

Caroline: (on allowing her child to enter show business) I would never stop them because I know how much I wanted it. I remember my parents had a talk with me when I was 13 and I got a role in a soap that aired every night. I was just starting high school at the time and my parents said to me this was going to be a lot of work and maybe I should think twice about this and concentrate more on my studies. I told them if they tried to stop me from doing it I would run away from home.

Caroline: When I work in English, there is some kind of distance between me and the words, and that's very comfortable to work with. It's a difficult thing to explain. I like it. And when I go back to working in French, it always takes me a few moments to adjust. It's like I don't have any control over the words for some reason. I've heard Antonio Banderas talk about this on television once, so I know I'm not crazy, and I know I'm not the only one.

Caroline: When I come to New York, it's as if I've arrived in another neighbourhood in Montreal.

Caroline: (on the cancellation of her show "Wonderfalls"; in a 2005 interview) It's heartbreaking but we're trying to get over it. As disappointed as we were, I think that somehow you have to find a way to think that it happened for a reason.

Caroline: (on her views about the Niagara Falls) It has this reputation as being this love city where everyone goes to get married, but when you get there, it's very corny and tacky. The Falls are beautiful, but other than that, the main tourist area is filled with Burger Kings and giant Frankenstein papier mache sculptures and Ripley's Believe It or Not museums. It's really funny that people would choose that as their romantic destination.

Caroline: (on feedback from fans of "Wonderfalls") It was just great to hear any kind of feedback on the show. Especially considering the fact that I was in Montreal with a French-based community where people watched it but they didn't get every single joke. It was just nice to see the fans pick up on a joke or on a line and they would share their thoughts about that line -- It was great for me to see that.

Caroline: (comparing the responses to her works in Canada and US) In the US I'm auditioning all the time. In Canada, I started getting direct offers on a regular basis, which is amazing. I feel privileged to actually be able to be offered these parts. I still audition once in a while up here in Canada, but people are starting to know my work.

Caroline: (on acting as a profession) I remember when I did my first film, that's when I fell in love with this job and knew I wanted to do this for a long time, and I've never really stopped. I've been really lucky, I mean I've worked hard, but a lot of actors when they start off young have a difficult time going from the child actor to the adult actor. It happened naturally for me.

Caroline: (on learning English) You become kind of a sponge. At least that's what I do. I look at people, and hear the accents and the cultural differences.

Caroline: (on playing Jaye Tyler in "Wonderfalls") I remember when I was shooting, not so much now because it's been such a long time, but I just felt stronger, as a person. Like if something happened on the street, if someone attacked me for some reason, I felt like I would have reacted in a much stronger way, instead of a victim way - just fighting back and not being scared. Because that's what I was doing every day for seven months. Talking back and being quite aggressive about stuff and not giving a care in the world about anyone.