Christina Ricci Quotes

We all have insecurities, and the thing that makes them crippling is that we all have the ability to blow them up into such huge issues in our minds, that we might as well have a facial deformity. It keeps us from really going out there and living our lives, and forgetting about hating yourself and just experiencing the world around you.

- Christina Ricci

Issues, About, Our, Hating

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

- Christina Ricci

Never, Race, Been, Race Car

I come from one of these hideous backgrounds where being sincere is like - ugh, you might as well kill yourself.

- Christina Ricci

Like, Come, Might, Backgrounds

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.

- Christina Ricci

Love, Role, About, Killer

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.

- Christina Ricci

Learn, Grow, Types, Mediums

I once ate McDonald's three times in one day.

- Christina Ricci

Once, Times, Ate, McDonald

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.

- Christina Ricci

Switch, Very, Fell, Ringo

This life that I've led has been really well suited for me.

- Christina Ricci

Me, Well, Been, Suited

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

- Christina Ricci

I Am, Know, Boyfriend, Compulsive

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

- Christina Ricci

Love, Plane, Read, Solitude

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

- Christina Ricci

Will, Survive, Stories, To Survive

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

- Christina Ricci

By The Time, Certainly, Answering

I'm trying to just go with the flow and learn from the people around me.

- Christina Ricci

Learn, Trying, Go, Flow

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

- Christina Ricci

Think, Going, I Think, Struggle

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

- Christina Ricci

Like, Everyone Else, Else, Costume

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.

- Christina Ricci

Think, Other, About, Faceless

When I was a little girl - well, like, a teenager - I wanted to be Sam Jackson. I always wanted to be men.

- Christina Ricci

Girl, Always, Like, Teenager

As a teenager, my favourite rejection was, 'She looks too healthy,' which of course translates as, 'She needs to lose weight.'

- Christina Ricci

Lose, Needs, Which, Teenager

I think my anorexia was to do with being a teenager, not being in films.

- Christina Ricci

Think, I Think, Films, Teenager

I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces.

- Christina Ricci

Adolescence, Through, Had, Braces

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.

- Christina Ricci

Remember When, Scene, Plane, Welcoming

I'm a TV addict, and I personally really enjoy reality TV.

- Christina Ricci

Enjoy, Personally, TV, Addict

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.

- Christina Ricci

Interesting, Play, Sort, Banal

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.

- Christina Ricci

Bad, Other, Very, Protective

My sister and I shared a bedroom our entire lives and I believe she discovered the Beatles when she was about 11 and I'm four years younger. So from the age of 7 until 17 we had nothing but Beatles paraphernalia in our room, even those little stuffed Beatles that went on stands that are dressed as the Sgt. Pepper band.

- Christina Ricci

Discovered, Pepper, Shared, Bedroom

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

- Christina Ricci

Kind, Always, Fit, Regular

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

- Christina Ricci

Love, Fly, Either, Privately

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

- Christina Ricci

Myself, More, Express, Sarcastic

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.

- Christina Ricci

Bed, Always, Nine, Laugh

I was really bored and unhappy in school, and I used to act out and do horrible things.

- Christina Ricci

School, Unhappy, Act, Bored

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.

- Christina Ricci

Think, Normal, I Think, Camera

I think that I need to work on being comfortable at being normal, everyday-ish on camera.

- Christina Ricci

Think, Normal, I Think, Camera

I don't think I'm an outsider at all.

- Christina Ricci

Think, Outsider

I think the main reason a lot of child stars don't make it is that it's hard to see someone as cute and then all of a sudden see them as having more depth.

- Christina Ricci

Think, Reason, I Think, Main Reason

We might all be so afraid to be who we are, but in the end, it's really you're individual, unique qualities that make you attractive to people.

- Christina Ricci

Attractive, Individual, In The End

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

- Christina Ricci

Think, Like, I Think, Intuitively

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.

- Christina Ricci

Album, Younger, Discovered, Every Night

I'm incredibly naive.

- Christina Ricci

Incredibly, Naive

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

- Christina Ricci

Big, Fantasy, Geek, Secretly

Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.

- Christina Ricci

Change, About, Specific, Accent

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.

- Christina Ricci

Myself, Go, Old, Hurricane

There are a lot of theories about Shakespeare.

- Christina Ricci

Theories, About, Lot, Shakespeare

I'm very insecure.

- Christina Ricci

Very, Insecure

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

- Christina Ricci

Mirror, Mirrors, Literally, Covered

I don't have life rage anymore.

- Christina Ricci

Life, Anymore, Rage

I guess I'm a workaholic!

- Christina Ricci

Guess, Workaholic

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.

- Christina Ricci

Play, I Think, Than, Harder

I tend to fight for something that I believe in.

- Christina Ricci

Fight, Believe, Tend, I Believe In

I think I've always been interested in playing people who are judged very harshly.

- Christina Ricci

Think, Always, Very, Harshly

When you're doing something where you really like the material, it doesn't matter what medium it's in.

- Christina Ricci

Doing, Like, Material, Medium

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

- Christina Ricci

Naturally, Given, Body Language

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

- Christina Ricci

Career, Think, I Think, Reflective

I've been to therapists my whole life. I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am. Any obsession is dangerous. And a whole country that's obsessed with one thing, unless it's, like, jeans, it's very dangerous. Everyone's obsessed right now with carbohydrates in this country. It's ridiculous.

- Christina Ricci

Country, Been, Very, Therapists

I've been to therapists my whole life.

- Christina Ricci

Life, Been, Whole, Therapists

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.

- Christina Ricci

Some, Been, TV, Consistency

I think people are learning to actually aspire to be objectified.

- Christina Ricci

Think, I Think, Actually, Aspire

I think the thing that I always try to do - because it piques my interest - is to play really different parts all the time.

- Christina Ricci

Play, Think, Always, Parts

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

- Christina Ricci

Never, Pretty, Cast, Pretty Girl

When I'm acting in a film that I'm not producing, I stay to myself.

- Christina Ricci

Myself, Acting, Film, Producing

I work out.

- Christina Ricci

Work, Out, Work Out

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.

- Christina Ricci

Love, Profession, Films, Chosen

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

- Christina Ricci

Childhood, Magic, Books, Adult

I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places.

- Christina Ricci

Shy, Happen, Socially, Adult

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

- Christina Ricci

Director, Person, Cast, Script

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

- Christina Ricci

Reality, Present, Actor, Dialogue

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.

- Christina Ricci

Think, I Think, Period, Long Period

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

- Christina Ricci

Mean, Like, Too, Likes

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

- Christina Ricci

Think, About, Certainly, Getting Older

I just want to be married, or just engaged. Basically, I just want a ring. And the tax break.

- Christina Ricci

Ring, Break, Engaged, Married

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

- Christina Ricci

Trying, Kind, Actress, Merely

I take Wellbutrin because I'm afraid to go into stores. I'm afraid people are going to yell at me.

- Christina Ricci

People, Go, Going, Stores

I'm immature.

- Christina Ricci

Immature

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.

- Christina Ricci

Always, Been, TV, Guest

I eat crap.

- Christina Ricci

Eat, Crap

My brother always teases me about my forehead: 'I could eat off it!'

- Christina Ricci

Me, Always, Could, Forehead

I think I am naturally attracted to things that are a little bit out of this world.

- Christina Ricci

Think, I Think, Little Bit, Attracted

I want a Mini-Cooper because it's fuel efficient, emissions efficient and all that stuff. It's small and better for the environment. I think that will be my next car.

- Christina Ricci

Small, Think, Next, Efficient

I am a Christian. I haven't really talked about that before. It is something very private. But I do pray and my beliefs are very important to me.

- Christina Ricci

Private, Before, Very, Talked

I mean, I sing. But I don't think I'm a good enough singer to do any kind of musical.

- Christina Ricci

Think, Singer, Musical, Sing

I've always been a really ambitious person.

- Christina Ricci

Person, Always, Been, Ambitious

I could easily exist on less money, but I like the way I live now.

- Christina Ricci

Money, Like, Exist, Less Money

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.

- Christina Ricci

Movie, Always, Making, Reject

Any obsession is dangerous.

- Christina Ricci

Dangerous, Any, Obsession

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.

- Christina Ricci

Love, Difficult, Read, Pilot

All the roles are for boys. The girls' roles are either small or all the same. There's just nothing interesting.

- Christina Ricci

Small, Same, Either, Roles

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

- Christina Ricci

Career, Think, I Think, Fairly

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

- Christina Ricci

Love, Feet, Like, Smell

I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.

- Christina Ricci

Think, Like, Characters, Ashamed

I always think that I've embarrassed myself.

- Christina Ricci

Myself, Think, Always, Embarrassed

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

- Christina Ricci

Help, Need, Lot, Director

What you feel is important may not be what the director feels is important.

- Christina Ricci

Important, May, Feels, Director

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

- Christina Ricci

Think, Better, I Think, Normal

The movies I made early on may not have been great, but they were all commercially successful.

- Christina Ricci

Movies, Been, May, Commercially

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

- Christina Ricci

Think, Big, Became, Turned

You won't see me in a better mood than 4:00 in the morning on my way to work.

- Christina Ricci

Work, Better, See, Mood

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

- Christina Ricci

Think, Use, Keeping, Private

I'm a lazy, lazy girl.

- Christina Ricci

Girl, Lazy

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

- Christina Ricci

People, Loves, Those, Fly

I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am.

- Christina Ricci

I Am, Attention, Find, Healthier

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

- Christina Ricci

Play, Think, Big, Big Difference

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

- Christina Ricci

Think, I Think, Based, Imagination

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