My brother always teases me about my forehead: 'I could eat off it!'
— Christina Ricci
I was a big sci-fi fantasy geek when I was younger... secretly, in my room.
I like to do things sort of intuitively, I think.
I think that the best career that someone can have is one that's reflective of their personal tastes.
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'm merely trying to be something akin to a nice, kind, good actress.
I think that I need to work on being comfortable at being normal, everyday-ish on camera.
I could easily exist on less money, but I like the way I live now.
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.
Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.
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.
When you're doing something where you really like the material, it doesn't matter what medium it's in.
I always knew that I was kind of bored; the regular life of a child didn't fit me.
There are a lot of theories about Shakespeare.
It's fun to be sarcastic, but now I'm able to express myself in a way that's much more sincere.
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.
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.
I once ate McDonald's three times in one day.
Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.
Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.
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 work out.
When I was a little girl - well, like, a teenager - I wanted to be Sam Jackson. I always wanted to be men.
I think I'm better at playing difficult than I am at being normal.
I love the solitude of being on a plane and finally getting to read an entire book and being left alone.
You won't see me in a better mood than 4:00 in the morning on my way to work.
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.
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.
I'm really open to everything.
I don't come from money.
I think I've always been interested in playing people who are judged very harshly.
I come from one of these hideous backgrounds where being sincere is like - ugh, you might as well kill yourself.
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.
I would love to fly privately, but unfortunately, I don't. I don't summer anywhere either.
I think I am naturally attracted to things that are a little bit out of this world.
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 can't think of anything that I turned down that became big and successful.
I'm trying to just go with the flow and learn from the people around me.
I've always done guest-starring stuff.
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'm a TV addict, and I personally really enjoy reality TV.
I'm one of those people who loves to fly.
Well, I think I've had a fairly meandering career.
This life that I've led has been really well suited for me.
I mean, I sing. But I don't think I'm a good enough singer to do any kind of musical.
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 guess I'm a workaholic!
I've always been a really ambitious person.
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.
The whole growing-up process seems to have eluded me.
