Christina Ricci Quotes

“Any obsession is dangerous.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I always knew that I was kind of bored; the regular life of a child didn't fit me.”

“I always think that I've embarrassed myself.”

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

“I don't come from money.”

“I don't have life rage anymore.”

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

“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.”

“I guess I'm a workaholic!”

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

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

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

“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 tend to fight for something that I believe in.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces.”

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

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