34 Quotes by Carly Chaikin

I started painting at 17; I took a class at Brentwood Art Center. I thought about art school - but I'm just so not a school person.

At restaurants, I always get a kids' menu and color or draw on the tablecloth.

One of the reasons why I love acting is my obsession with human emotion and faces and expressions - no surprise, then, that I usually end up painting faces. But I haven't done a self-portrait. I'd be too scared.

One of my favorite paintings I've done happened after I broke up with a boyfriend.

I love games. When I first saw 'Celebrity Family Feud,' I literally, in all caps, emailed my team and was like, 'Why am I not on this?'

I love playing a smart person and not that blonde deadpan.

People do notice me - I'm always so surprised. When I dyed my hair blond for 'Suburgatory,' people would still recognize me from 'The Last Song,' when I had red hair, and I didn't even recognize myself.

All the art that's in my house is my own, which is nice because I never have to worry about buying it.

I can make eggs. I can do a quesadilla. But the last thing I want to do when I come home is cook and clean up dishes. I'm not that domestic a girl.