Christina Ricci

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I work out.

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