Christina Ricci Quotes - Page 5

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.

If I hadn't gone into acting, I would have been one of those weird runaways on Hollywood Boulevard. No, it'd be uglier. I'd probably be dead.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

If anyone ever saw me dance, they'd have trouble taking me seriously.

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

There are a lot of theories about Shakespeare.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

To be honest, I don't usually do very much research, especially if I'm working with a director who also wrote the screenplay. They've usually done a tonne of research. And they'll tell you about it from their perspective which is better than doing your own research.

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

It's Aslan, the lion from The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. It's a symbol of my hellish childhood. I struggled through my oppressive teenage years and when I turned 18 I escaped. Like Aslan I was finally free.

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

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

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