Meet Caroline Carter | Actor/Broadcaster/Content Creator/Writer

We had the good fortune of connecting with Caroline Carter and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Caroline, how do you think about risk?
Heading back into the workforce after a 17 year hiatus raising my four kids, some might say is super risky. Especially because I was in my early 50’s and for some that might seem like a tall order. Making that especially scary, is the fact my career centers on me being in front of the camera again.

Prior to my life “pause” from working outside of the home I was a sports/broadcaster in Canada. I was definitely a “pioneer” at the time as one of only a handful of women in the country working in sports broadcasting at the time, In the late 80’s and 90’s, sports broadcasting was a male dominated profession. We didn’t have any “movements” behind us to back us up. All of us women in sports had to “go it alone” most of the time, constantly having to prove ourselves, whereas our male counterparts were just always given the benefit of the doubt that they knew more about sports than us, simply because of their gender.

Women in film/tv and broadcasting often face various types of aging, so in retrospect I think it was brave of me to re-enter the workforce by choosing to reinvent myself as an actor. All the while I continue to try to remain authentic to myself and try to reveal even more of myself in each role I am cast in, and sometimes that can be very scary, because immediately you start thinking, well what if they don’t actually like ME once I reveal myself.

This is a business where being ‘inherently likable’ goes a long way.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I believe that I am different from my peers because I chose to go back out to the workforce “later in life.” I think sometimes women over 50 are conditioned to believe that it’s all “downhill from here” kinda thing. I absolutely hate that type of thinking because we “seasoned” women are so much smarter now, than we were in our 20’s, and we know what we want.

I think it’s an absolute waste to say that just because we are a certain age, that we should be getting ready for a life on the front porch sitting in our rockers and waiting on grandchildren. Not that there’s anything wrong with women who LOVE to do those things, but I was out of the workforce for so long, that once I got back out there I re-discovered a part of me that had been dormant for 17 years; my creative juices! Being back out in the world and meeting new people keeps me young and in tune with what’s going on around me and forces me out of my bubble.

I never thought that meeting strangers on film and tv sets could be so enlightening but I absolutely love that part of it. You come together as a family for maybe a day or a week and then you get to leave that ‘make believe family” and come back home to your real family.

Acting is invigorating and I’ve come to realize that losing yourself in a role can be very therapeutic and force you to focus on something other than yourself.

I really find that as we get older, we need things to focus on that give us real purpose and meaning in our life, otherwise we can just get stuck in the fact that all we are doing is ‘ageing’ and sometimes not very gracefully.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I love to take family or friends to some of the areas in town where we can stroll through the streets and window shop, then stop for a bite and drinks. We have several places near us, like the downtown area of Alpharetta or historic Roswell, which all have great restaurants. A little closer to home, we have a favorite spot called Marlow’s Tavern. I love their Shrimp and Crab Nachos, YUM! When we get everyone home for the holidays a great spot to visit is the Christkindl Market in Atlanta. You can wander around and look at all the wares the holiday vendors have for sale, enjoy a ‘gluhwein’ try some German food and just the general festive atmosphere helps you get in the holiday spirit.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Well, I certainly couldn’t have even embarked on an acting career if it weren’t for the support of my family, especially my husband. Sometimes I think my kids thought I was crazy to go back to work after such a long time in the home. I think it was an adjustment for them to not be able to have me at their “beck and call” all the time.

So when I started auditioning a lot I had to work on memorizing lines which pulls me away from them on occasion and working outside the home whenever I get a gig means Mom isn’t always around to cook their favorite meals, LOL.

My husband Grant is my number one supporter. He is the one who is the reader for me for all my self tape auditions from home. When I land a role, he is the one who runs lines with me for days up until I get ready to head to set and begin filming and often he will drive me to some of the locations that require a lengthy car ride, just so I can arrive rested and not frazzled from hours on the road. There is a lot of rejection in this business, so he is the one who always encourages me to keep forging ahead in my new career and to never give up!

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