Erika Christensen
Scientology helps me in acting to focus on communication.Collection: Communication
I can be a binger when it comes to information, but most of the time, I'm pretty good, and I try to focus on my own life and personal communication.Collection: Communication
My theory is, if you force yourself to smile enough, then you start to feel it. Which comes in handy all the time.Collection: Smile
I know lots of people who eat raw, vegetarian, or vegan. I'm not into any of those things. I believe in eating enough so your body will actually run.
Sometimes, I get so annoyed when other people brag. And sometimes, I know that I'm better than that or I've got something better in the works; I don't say anything. I just say, 'Really? That's great.'
I think part of the beauty of our relationship with jewelry is that it can change and evolve as we do ourselves.
I take things on a day to day basis when it gets really hectic. But I do think long term and I'm looking forward to the next couple of years when I do start producing my own films with my production company and playing some characters that are older and that's really exciting to me.
I didn't plan on going to college, at least not a full-time schedule. I still have that plan. I may take some individual classes at some point as an indulgence.
There are photos of me with my Pony trucker hat, sideways. Truly, awesomely, horrible.
I can't say enough about how I'm against drugs. Be smart, think about it, look at what it does to people, look at how much you have to experience in life and be courageous enough to do everything you want to without that chemical help.
I've always been a good flier. I love the whole experience.
My grandmother was, back when they called them 'stewardesses,' a flight attendant. I actually had a ball wearing that little uniform and making sure everything was under control.
The thing about that too is that we had the same extras everyday. It was such a community. It was like a microcosmic little town. We were like all little towns people with extras and a crew.
Watching Jodie on this is incredible; it's the perfect role for her. It's so intense and so emotional. She just jumped right into it and is so professional.
We were worried about that actually. The cast was thinking that they'd lose their minds. But we didn't.
I'm more proud of my upper body. Let's just say I'm a typical female in that way.
I don't know if my agent will be upset but I quoted him saying that he would jump out a window if I turn down another project.
To be entirely honest, I am an extremely confident person, and I don't think I would have gotten into this business if I felt that I wasn't going to succeed and I intend to be in this business, for the rest of my life.
At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their credit, granted this 12 year old girl a chance to give it a try.
I'm a goody two-shoes who's never taken anything stronger than Tylenol.
If I had to sum it up, the goal of Scientology is giving the person back to themselves. Like, your own power of choice.
My buddy lost about 100 pounds cycling. He took me on a 31-mile loop. I was hooked.
I got to work with Jeffrey Wright, which is fantastic. I started out starstruck, but he's so cool, so it was all OK.
Having convenience when it comes to fueling your body is definitely an important thing.
I think that's just a natural instinct as an actor is that you want to just keep exploring humanity and finding different facets of it.
There are nearly 7 billion people on this planet, so there are a lot of characters to play.
When I first started going on the red carpet, I wore a lot of Armani, but I didn't really have my own style apart from that. I think I was just lazy.
I went through this rebel period where I didn't want to dress up.
I'm not straight up and down. I have curves.
My grandmother was a flight attendant; my mother had a pilot's license, and my grandfather was a pilot. That's how my grandmother and grandfather met.
I've found that a lot of my male friends have great style and great appreciation for designers.
I have so many pairs of riding pants that are from the store at the stables in Burbank where you can go ride your horse at. I don't ride a horse, but I do wear the pants! I love them!
As a little girl, I really hated pink, for instance, and I didn't like wearing dresses. I didn't want to be a girly girl then, but now I love being a girly girl!
For the first six years of my career, I was relegated to those girl-next-door, sweet, cheerleader kind of roles, and it was really frustrating for me because you don't have to do much acting.
I don't want to shut the door and only be thought of as the dark girl.
There was a little of this, 'Oh, you're such a sweet girl!' That's a wonderful thing to have in life; I don't mind it at all for life. But I remember, the first role I was ever cast in as a not-so-sweet-girl, I was so happy.
There's no one who has more authority over my life than me. And I can learn things myself and how to communicate to other people and how to apply with the rules of life.
There's a lot in Scientology that develops confidence because there is peace, I think, that I've gotten just to know that what I do know, I do know.
I can change my mind and can learn other things. And anything I don't know, I'm capable of learning if I so desire or if it's necessary.
I tend to be a fan of darker shows and love 'The Americans,' 'Ray Donovan,' 'True Detective,' 'House of Cards' and 'Peaky Blinders.'
Jason Katims is fantastic.
Working with a kid is just so interesting to see.
You can't have a relationship at all if you don't trust each other.
I was going to school with a girl who was an actor. And I was, like, 'No, I want to be an actor.'
I told my parents I wanted an agent, and they decided to let me have a go at it. Then I started working right away. I was 12.
After 'Traffic,' I was a total homebody. I was still a kid.
It was when I met everybody on 'The Perfect Score' that, like, nightclubs became a thing.
The SAT is not particularly relevant to my life.
Making a movie is a little bit like high school. Because everybody lives together, and you see each other every day, and word travels fast around there.
I cheated once on a spelling test. I didn't know how to spell period. I leaned over the desk and looked at someone else's paper. I was probably ten or something like that.