“I love my body as it is. People in the industry have been telling me to lose weight for years but I like the way I look. I give credit to my mom for helping me feel good about my appearance - for making sure I never felt embarrassed about my body, because she was never worried about looking too big.” PeopleWayGivingFeelsYearsLooksHas BeensHelpingBodyBigsFeltLosesMomIndustryWeightAppearanceMy MomCreditFeel GoodWorriedEmbarrassedLose Weight Author:Christina Hendricks
“All of a sudden I was Joan [Mad Man] and they're going, "Oh, so she plays a badass in this." And I'm like, "Oh my god, I get to play badasses." Firefly was a little bit of that, but she started out as a mouse and then she turned into a dragon. But I never really had that opportunity. So all of a sudden people were like, "Oh, do you feel like you're being typecast?" I would say, "No, this is just opening the doors." No one thought I could do it and someone finally trusted me to do it.” PeopleMenFeelsLittlesPlayOpportunityBitsDoorsLike YouLittle BitMadOpeningDragonsTrustedMiceBadassFireflyMad Men Author:Christina Hendricks
“It's hard to top what you see in the film, they were just such a great group of people to work with and we all hung out in between scenes and I got to know everybody a little bit.” PeopleKnowsLittlesHardFilmBitsGroupsSceneLittle BitHung Author:Christina Hendricks
“We were probably the last people in the country to get a VCR and we didn't have cable. There wasn't any admiration of glamour, no, 'I want to look like them or have that lifestyle', because everyone in my town had the same lifestyle. So I didn't think, 'Ooh, a movie star's birthday!' I just thought, 'What?'” PeopleThinkingWantLooksCountryLastsStarsTownsLifestyleBirthdayAdmirationMovie StarCablesGlamourVcr Author:Christina Hendricks
“I dyed my hair about 42 different colours, and kids can be pretty judgmental about people who are different. But instead of breaking down and conforming, I stood firm. That is also probably why I was unhappy.” PeopleDifferentKidsHairDown AndUnhappyFirmColourConformBreaking DownJudgmentalDifferent Colours Author:Christina Hendricks
“I've always been someone who really watches other people, human behavior. To watch it and be able to express it through your version has always been really exciting to me” PeopleHumansAbleWatchesBehaviorExcitingVersionsHuman Behavior Author:Christina Hendricks
“Some of the things people have said about me, well, they're unbelievable” PeopleWellsSaidUnbelievable Author:Christina Hendricks
“It just seemed so odd as people had never commented on my body before. Every woman obsesses over her figure, but I was happy, I felt sexy, I never thought about it. I know this sounds naive, but I honestly never expected this kind of attention.” PeopleKnowsKindBodyFeltSoundAttentionFiguresSexyExpectedHonestlyOddNaive Author:Christina Hendricks
“I met a lot of young girls modelling and they were like, 'Oh, I'm running around town and people are taking my picture', while I was saving receipts and learning how to be self-employed.” PeopleSelfRunningYoungGirlMetsTownsSavingEmployedModellingReceipts Author:Christina Hendricks
