Christina Ricci Quotes

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

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

Real tears are not those that fall from the eyes and cover the face, but those that fall from the heart and cover the soul.

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

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

Any obsession is dangerous.

I think we need great artists making great work - women, men, whoever. I think what's great about TV now is there are so many different platforms that you can make really specific, specialized content. I wouldn't have gotten this part because I'm not really considered a "traditional romantic lead," so I created it for myself.

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

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

I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors.

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

My boyfriend is Jewish, and he calls himself a kike every five seconds.

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 tend to fight for something that I believe in.

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

One thing I noticed after being down in Mississippi for the shoot was that words like "God" and "Jesus" are used all the time, but they're not specifically referring to Jesus. It's sort of this accepted phraseology for love, or spirituality, or whatever it is you personally believe in.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You have to excuse me because I AM a teenager, so I'm allowed to sound illiterate and make stupid comments like 'I'm not into hard-core feminism.'

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

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

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