Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Carmen Electra.
Last updated on December 3, 2024.
Tara Leigh Patrick, known professionally as Carmen Electra, is an American actress, model, singer, and media personality. She began her career as a singer after moving to Minneapolis, where she met Prince, who produced her self-titled debut studio album, released in 1993. Electra began glamour modeling in 1996 with frequent appearances in Playboy magazine, before relocating to Los Angeles, where she had her breakthrough portraying Lani McKenzie in the action drama series Baywatch (1997–1998).
One of the big misconceptions about me is that I walk around in mini-skirts and high heels twenty-four seven and go to the gym in heels.
People who know me know I have a sense of humor that can really push the envelope.
Guys can get bored easily.
As a dancer, I love music that makes me want to move.
I think it's sexy when someone makes a statement that says, 'This is who I am. This is what I think is sexy.'
I love to go get fireworks, even though some of them are illegal.
I spend a lot of time in American Apparel.
I'm an eight hours kind of sleeper, so I definitely try to schedule that in.
I'm more attracted to a stronger man rather than a feminine man. Someone who would just throw me down and take control. I love feeling helpless. I definitely like a man who is aggressive and confident.
I want someone who can keep me on my toes, has a good sense of humor and a good heart.
Being flirty is a way of letting a guy know you're interested without making a fool out of yourself.
I have a constant sweet tooth, so I like anything from the bakery, like cupcakes, cookies.
My mom was a seamstress, and I wish I'd learned to sew because I'm obsessed with 'Project Runway!'
I've chosen jobs that were sexy because I wanted to do them.
I love a man who has lived a full life and lived on the edge.
Dancing is my number one love. That was my first goal as a child. I would love to do stage, maybe do Chicago. I love being in front of an audience. It's so stimulating. I also love to barbecue.
With Aerobic Strip Tease, you can do it at home - it makes it easier for women that don't want to go to the gym.
I hate my stomach. It's impossible to get it flat, and the area around my belly button drives me crazy.
I know I'm not perfect.
I'm very romantic.
When anything bad happens, my insecurities come flooding out.
Am I still interested in a guy's body? Now that I have grown up, I am much more of a 'vibe' kind of person! If a man has a good body, that is an added plus.
I can't say whether or not I'll ever get married again, but I'm open to the possibility.
I like to play video games like 'Rock Band' and 'Guitar Hero.'
People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.
Other people's perspective, just seeing the sexy image, might be that I take my sexuality very seriously. But I really don't. I like being sexy. It's fun, and I have had a nice little career off it.
I just want to entertain.
It's always great to have a great mascara that makes your lashes look thick and full. That's a definite must have.
I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your body. Even though some of it is slow, it takes a lot of muscle to be able to dip down and come back up.
Everyone has different layers to who they are.
If you think about it now, it's kind of ridiculous. All these hot girls on Baywatch in tiny little red bathing suits running around saving lives.
I guess I've always been attracted to people who stand out as individuals - people who are adventurous and take chances.
I don't find any presidents all that sexy. They're not very rock'n'roll.
My mom was amazing. She believed in me and we were best friends.
When people assume that you're one way and you're not that way at all, it's hard.
Dinner is a great first date. Don't believe that stuff about girls not wanting to eat on a first date - sharing a romantic meal is so sexy.
I would love to do more music, definitely. That is my true passion. Dance is first and then music.
I love doing comedy - I get a laugh out of it, it's not so serious.
I went to the Performing Arts School and studied classical ballet. That attitude is something that's put into your head. You are never thin enough.
For some reason if we hear 100 praises and one criticism, we focus on that one hurtful thing.
For some reason I only crave fruit when I'm in a tropical place - if it's really hot in the summer or if I go to a tropical island for work. But otherwise I really don't crave it.
If you are thinking every day, 'I have to get to the gym' and 'I have to lose this weight,' and that's all you think about and you obsess over it, it's not healthy.
Laughing makes everything easier.
If you don't have a valentine, hang out with your girlfriends, don't go looking for someone. When it's right, they'll come to you.
At 18, I was attracted to bad boys.
I love kids. I just love kids. They put you in a good mood and they are so full of life.
No matter where I've been overseas, the food stinks, except in Italy.
It's sad. That's a living creature. We don't have the right to take their life away for fashion.
I actually lost weight by not obsessing. When I crave something I eat it and then I eat healthily, and I don't go: "Oh, I can't eat." It means I don't want to eat too much because I'm letting myself be comfortable with it. It's really interesting. It has worked for me.
I'm very independent, I like to be alone a lot, I like to go shopping by myself - that's my quiet time.
I had to learn how to change my thinking because I can really get caught up in not liking my body. It can turn into obsession and it can be really bad. I think that when that rules your life then you miss the joys of life.
The paparazzi have got worse for everyone over the years. It has just become such a big deal. No-one in this business really has much privacy.
Being sexy is inside of you. It's a confidence thing and learning how to embrace your flaws because everybody has their issues and things that they don't like about themselves.
I'm really into quantum physics. Some of my friends are into it, some of them aren't, so I'm trying to get them excited about discovering all these interesting things about thoughts and the power of thoughts. It gives me chills thinking about it. It's fun.
When we shot the first series of Aerobic Striptease, we shot five DVD's, so we slowly put out each DVD and timed it out that they were all done and shot and ready to go. We just started shooting the next series once we felt it was time to work on the next one.
I have fun when I want to have fun, but I am learning how to balance my life out.
A bad boy with a good heart, I think that would be perfect for me.
I'm still the girl that might get up to dance on the table. It's just who I am, and I'm going to be me and that's it.
Sometimes I'm fine. It just depends on where you are and if someone sees you and takes down your licence plate number. But sometimes you go to places, and no-one knows and it's fine. It really just depends.