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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!

- Erika Christensen

Love, Pink, Instance, Girly

At the premiere for 'Leave It to Beaver,' I was walking down the red carpet, and they were screaming my name, and I'm wondering, 'What do I do?' So I had to think, 'OK, calm down, one person at a time.' Everything is kind of rattling, but afterwards, my publicist said I did really good.

- Erika Christensen

Good, Down, Had, Calm Down

I love 'Lost' and 'Mission: Impossible III.'

- Erika Christensen

Love, Mission, I Love, III

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.'

- Erika Christensen

Sometimes, Other, Works, Brag

'Confirmation' is the movie I'm super proud to be a part of.

- Erika Christensen

Proud, Movie, Super, Confirmation

I want to do an action movie where they say, 'Go the gym and get ripped like Linda Hamilton.'

- Erika Christensen

Want, Movie, Like, Linda

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.

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Like, Town, About, Little Town

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.

- Erika Christensen

My Life, Confident, Gotten, Intend

There are times when I think, 'I'm going to get this part. I know I am. I'm going to get this.' And then I don't, and I'm wondering, 'What happened? I went back five times!'

- Erika Christensen

Think, Going, I Think, Wondering

I tend to be a fan of darker shows and love 'The Americans,' 'Ray Donovan,' 'True Detective,' 'House of Cards' and 'Peaky Blinders.'

- Erika Christensen

Love, Cards, True Detective, Blinders

My theory is, if you force yourself to smile enough, then you start to feel it. Which comes in handy all the time.

- Erika Christensen

Start, Feel, Which, Handy

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.

- Erika Christensen

Chance, Give, Year, Clicked

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.

- Erika Christensen

Go, Away, Agent, Right Away

I got to work with Jeffrey Wright, which is fantastic. I started out starstruck, but he's so cool, so it was all OK.

- Erika Christensen

Work, Cool, Which, OK

My bike is my main form of transportation, so I've got a red clip-on taillight.

- Erika Christensen

Red, Form, Main, Transportation

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.

- Erika Christensen

Over, Spell, Period, Cheated

I'll continue doing good projects.

- Erika Christensen

Doing, Continue, Projects, Doing Good

I wrote and recorded a song that I highly doubt I will release. The lyrics are somewhat risque. I may have to create an alter ego, and she can be the 'singer.'

- Erika Christensen

Song, Singer, May, Lyrics

I'm close with my whole family, but it requires email and texting because they don't all live nearby!

- Erika Christensen

Texting, Whole, Nearby, Email

After 'Traffic,' I was a total homebody. I was still a kid.

- Erika Christensen

Kid, Still, Total, Traffic

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.

- Erika Christensen

Career, Kind, Six, Cheerleader

I'm not straight up and down. I have curves.

- Erika Christensen

Curves, Straight, Up, Up And Down

I had a big 'New York Times' crossword puzzle phase.

- Erika Christensen

Big, Phase, Crossword, New York Times

We were worried about that actually. The cast was thinking that they'd lose their minds. But we didn't.

- Erika Christensen

Minds, Actually, Cast, Worried

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.

- Erika Christensen

Think, Going, I Think, Apart

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.

- Erika Christensen

Think, Natural, I Think, Facets

Those auditions - you sit down, and literally the whole time you're there, they scrutinize you, and you know that. But you can't take it personally.

- Erika Christensen

Auditions, Literally, Whole, Scrutinize

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.

- Erika Christensen

Next, Some, Couple, Long Term

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.

- Erika Christensen

Flight, Making, Sure, Attendant

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.

- Erika Christensen

Mother, Flight, License, Attendant

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