Christina Ricci

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. ”

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

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

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

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

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. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

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