Christina Ricci Quotes

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.

I certainly hope I’m not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.

I’ve never been to a race car race before.

I guess I’m a workaholic!

I’m an actor who hates dialogue and the present day and reality.

My roommate and my boyfriend, they both know I am compulsive and controlling.

I think that the best career that someone can have is one that’s reflective of their personal tastes.

It’s fun to be sarcastic, but now I’m able to express myself in a way that’s much more sincere.

I like the way my own feet smell. I love to smell my sneakers when I take them off.

I like to do things sort of intuitively, I think.

As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct.

I work out.

I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces.

Doing films as an actor, you spend maybe 40 percent of the year doing your chosen profession. If you are on a successful TV show, you spend 80 percent of your year doing the thing you love.

I was a big sci-fi fantasy geek when I was younger… secretly, in my room.

I’m a lazy, lazy girl.

My sister discovered the Beatles when she was about 11 and I’m four years younger. So we had nothing but Beatles paraphernalia. Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album.

I think that I need to work on being comfortable at being normal, everyday-ish on camera. Unlike a lot of actors, I think that’s the thing that I’m not so comfortable with.

I can’t think of anything that I turned down that became big and successful.

I don’t have life rage anymore.

I knew I would never be cast as the pretty girl.

I’ve been to therapists my whole life.

I’ve been looking to do TV for a while. I’ve always done guest starring stuff. I’ve done a couple of multi-episode arcs, and I’ve always loved the experience.

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.

I mean, I don’t like anyone who likes themselves too much.

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.

A director should cast a person who fits into their script.

I love the solitude of being on a plane and finally getting to read an entire book and being left alone.

I eat crap.

I’m one of those people who loves to fly.

I don’t think I’m an outsider at all.

Recently, I’ve really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults.

There are a lot of theories about Shakespeare.

I think I’m better at playing difficult than I am at being normal. And to me that’s something I’m working on now. I’m not really that difficult or complex a person, so it’s interesting to me that it’s just so much harder for me to play an everygirl.

I would love to fly privately, but unfortunately, I don’t. I don’t summer anywhere either.

Naturally, my body language changes given whatever environment I’m in.

I’m immature.

Well, I think I’ve had a fairly meandering career.

I always knew that I was kind of bored; the regular life of a child didn’t fit me.

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.

I think people who suffer from depression, unless it’s post-traumatic, are probably going to struggle with it for their whole life.

I didn’t use to think anything was worth keeping private. Now I do.

The more that I can work in different mediums, the more I can grow, and learn from different actors and different types of actors and directors and different styles of acting and build a tool box.

I think I’m better at playing difficult than I am at being normal.

I’m getting older now, so I should think about a family, but certainly not tomorrow.

I’m merely trying to be something akin to a nice, kind, good actress.

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 tend to fight for something that I believe in.

Well, I think most people understand that there’s a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.

I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors. I’ve also been looking for the consistency of work that TV provides for you. And, I always thought it would be really interesting to live with a character for months, if not years.

For years, I hated myself. I covered the mirrors in my house. I literally couldn’t have a mirror in my room.

I don’t really need a lot of help from a director.

To play someone who is who they are because of the happiness and contentedness that they’ve known in their life is interesting because of sort of how banal it is.

This is my costume. I’m a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.