Christina Ricci quotes:

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

People are giving me more respect.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Remember who you are. It's really okay to be who you are.

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

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

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.

I loved the idea of doing something that has this misconception about what stewardesses were. And, I also love the idea that these girls were navigating a blatantly misogynistic society, with the girdle checks and make-up checks.

If I know I have everything prepared for when I get killed by a stalker, then I can go to sleep.

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.'

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.

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

Any obsession is dangerous.

I don't know who Peter Lorre is. Pathetic right? It shows you how completely gross and uncultured my generation is.

People feel like they have to live up to being perfect or have a perfect life or be perfectly happy, and it just makes them more unhappy.

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

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've been to therapists my whole life.

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

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

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

When I was younger, I did self-mutilate. I'd be upset, so I'd do it, & it would calm me down. It's a horrible way to feel better. But there are two parts of your brain - one that really wants to destroy the other. & sometimes the idea of self-destruction is very romantic. I got over that.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Now my body is really womanly - a little too much so. It's someting I can fall back on. When I don't know what else to do, I stick my chest out.

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

I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

The whole growing-up process seems to have eluded me.

I've always done guest-starring stuff.

I tend to fight for something that I believe in.

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

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

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

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

It's so normal for a teenager to dress in black -- and be real unhappy and stay in your room and say sarcastic things. How could something so normal be considered morbid?

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 always think that I've embarrassed myself.

I hate the things they preach. They found a gimmick that sells. The fact that they're making money off all these teenage kids who actually believe in their message is disgusting.

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

I'm not perfect-looking and I don't say the right things, I'm a little different, nothing really special, but I guess I come across as a little more real to people and that comes through on the screen. I know I look young, but with the right make-up I can look older. I definitely feel older.

I won't swim in a pool by myself, because I think that somehow a little magic door is going to open up and let a shark out

I don't come from money.

I think reincarnation is possible. Hopefully, we all get recycled.

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

Working in television 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. You have more time, more room, an ability to reflect on your performance and the character and how much has really been shown, and what you'd like to see. It's nice. You have more breathing room.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The whole growing-up process seems to have eluded me

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

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

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

There are a lot of theories about Shakespeare.

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

I'm incredibly naive.

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 really liked it. It was awesome - my first tabloid story. If you're going to have a tabloid story written about you, it might as well be with Johnny Depp.

I don't have life rage anymore.

I guess I'm a workaholic!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As a kid, I was told to talk as much as possible.

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

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

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

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

I'm really open to everything.

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

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