Christina Ricci
Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album. So I'm very familiar with the Beatles; Ringo was my favorite Beatle until I grew up and then changed. I made the switch over to George Harrison just in time to regain my cool.Collection: Cool
Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.Collection: Imagination
My dream role would probably be a psycho killer, because the whole thing I love about movies is that you get to do things you could never do in real life, and that would be my way of vicariously experiencing being a psycho killer. Also, it's incredibly romantic.Collection: Movies
We have so much pride in welcoming these passengers onto the plane, and they have so much pride in travel. It's something that I definitely always remember, when I'm playing a scene on the plane, just to imbue everything with that sense of excitement.Collection: Travel
Well, it's difficult to fall in love with a character when you just read the pilot. You don't really know who the character is.
I'm trying to just go with the flow and learn from the people around me.
I think it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it.
I can't think of anything that I turned down that became big and successful.
Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.
I like to do things sort of intuitively, I think.
You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson.
Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.
I think I am naturally attracted to things that are a little bit out of this world.
I once ate McDonald's three times in one day.
All the roles are for boys. The girls' roles are either small or all the same. There's just nothing interesting.
I was really bored and unhappy in school, and I used to act out and do horrible things.
My mom knows when something is real and something is not.
People are giving me more respect.
I don't really need a lot of help from a director.
I didn't use to think anything was worth keeping private. Now I do.
I don't have life rage anymore.
I've been to therapists my whole life.
I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am.
I mean, I don't like anyone who likes themselves too much.
What you feel is important may not be what the director feels is important.
A director should cast a person who fits into their script.
Naturally, my body language changes given whatever environment I'm in.
I don't think I'm an outsider at all.
My roommate and my boyfriend, they both know I am compulsive and controlling.
When I'm acting in a film that I'm not producing, I stay to myself.
I take Wellbutrin because I'm afraid to go into stores. I'm afraid people are going to yell at me.
I'm always in bed by 11 or 12 and people laugh all the time - they want me to hang out until two in the morning, but n-n-no, I need my nine hours.
I eat crap.
I'm a lazy, lazy girl.
As a kid, I was told to talk as much as possible.
I always think that I've embarrassed myself.
I'm very insecure.
I'm incredibly naive.
I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.
I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or being unfairly picked on, I will stand up for them, absolutely.
I'm getting older now, so I should think about a family, but certainly not tomorrow.
I just want to be married, or just engaged. Basically, I just want a ring. And the tax break.
For years, I hated myself. I covered the mirrors in my house. I literally couldn't have a mirror in my room.
I think people who suffer from depression, unless it's post-traumatic, are probably going to struggle with it for their whole life.
I'm so glad I'm not 20 years old anymore. I was in a hurricane. I'm a lot calmer now. I don't cause destruction for myself and others everywhere I go.
As a teenager, my favourite rejection was, 'She looks too healthy,' which of course translates as, 'She needs to lose weight.'
I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.
As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct.
Recently, I've really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults.
Most people don't walk around knowing what other people think about them, and I don't think it's healthy to know what faceless strangers who you'll never meet say about you.