Christina Ricci Quotes

There are characters that become more popular as we fall in love with them.

I'm always sorry to finish a book, to let go of characters I love, people I've struggled to understand for years, people who evolve before me.

When you get to play a character that's in love, it's cool. Once you have love as a motivator in a story, your character is free to do anything.

I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore being with them.

People like the comedy more when they care about the characters.

The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them.

I think if you work as an actress and are supposed as a character to be in love with some actor, then to some extent you do have to be in love with him.

I have this horrible weakness. I fall in love with my characters. 'Suspect' started as a one-shot, but I just love Maggie so much, and I love Maggie and Scott and what they have going.

I love reading for a character I have no business reading for.

A standard sitcom... is a very standard idea, like these people falling in love and living with each other, and all these people living with each other. It's like, okay, we hooked them up in episode 15, how do we bust that, how do we find a new kernel in it?

I get kind of emotionally involved very quickly, and I'm not going to spend time with someone unless I love them. But it's not hard for me to fall in love.

There's something pretty awesome about staying with a character and growing.

I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself.

If I don't fall in love with my characters, I cannot shoot.

In 'The Prophet' I really fell in love with those characters, there was an emotional connection there that I don't think I've had in a while. It made me think it would be nice to stick with the characters for a little bit and see what happens.

Actually, you have to be a little bit in love with your leading man and vice versa. If you're going to portray love, you have to feel it. You can't do it any other way. But you don't carry it beyond the set.

I don't think I can play a role without falling in love with something about her; even the most despicable people who I have portrayed had some aspect of them which I found beautiful.

Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you're connecting with them on a personal level.

You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

It's hard to be scared if you don't feel for a character, because you don't care if they die or live.

First and foremost, I consider myself a storyteller. And I'm endlessly fascinated with people, with what they do and why... and how they feel about it. Which means I'm interested in romance fiction. I was drawn to it, as both a reader and a writer, at the very beginning of my career. It's my kind of storytelling.

The one test I have for every completed book is if I feel head over heels in love with the hero. If he hasn't stolen my heart from the previous hero, I know the book isn't right.

I don't really make movies with an intention other than asking myself, 'Do I love the character, and do I love the story?'

In general, between an actor and a character, there needs to be a falling in love, if you will - which I'm saying in quotes.

Certain characters get to me and stay with me for a while.