I think my anorexia was to do with being a teenager, not being in films.
— Christina Ricci
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.
Recently, I've really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults.
I've never been to a race car race before.
I knew I would never be cast as the pretty girl.
I think people who suffer from depression, unless it's post-traumatic, are probably going to struggle with it for their whole life.
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 tend to fight for something that I believe in.
I'm very insecure.
As a kid, I was told to talk as much as possible.
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.
When I'm acting in a film that I'm not producing, I stay to myself.
Naturally, my body language changes given whatever environment I'm in.
I mean, I don't like anyone who likes themselves too much.
I've been to therapists my whole life.
I don't really need a lot of help from a director.
I was really bored and unhappy in school, and I used to act out and do horrible things.
I think people are learning to actually aspire to be objectified.
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.
As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct.
I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.
As a teenager, my favourite rejection was, 'She looks too healthy,' which of course translates as, 'She needs to lose weight.'
For years, I hated myself. I covered the mirrors in my house. I literally couldn't have a mirror in my room.
I'm getting older now, so I should think about a family, but certainly not tomorrow.
I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.
I'm immature.
I'm a lazy, lazy girl.
I take Wellbutrin because I'm afraid to go into stores. I'm afraid people are going to yell at me.
My roommate and my boyfriend, they both know I am compulsive and controlling.
A director should cast a person who fits into their script.
Any obsession is dangerous.
I don't have life rage anymore.
People are giving me more respect.
All the roles are for boys. The girls' roles are either small or all the same. There's just nothing interesting.
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.
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 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 went through an awkward adolescence and had braces.
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 just want to be married, or just engaged. Basically, I just want a ring. And the tax break.
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'm incredibly naive.
I always think that I've embarrassed myself.
I eat crap.
The movies I made early on may not have been great, but they were all commercially successful.
I don't think I'm an outsider at all.
What you feel is important may not be what the director feels is important.
I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am.
I didn't use to think anything was worth keeping private. Now I do.
My mom knows when something is real and something is not.
