
Christina Ricci looks seriously lovely on Marie Claire's UK April 2012 cover. The 'Pan Am' beauty sits down for a chat with the magazine and dishes on love, growing up in Hollywood, battling an eating disorder, and the biggest turning points in her life.
Christina Ricci is Marie Claire's UK newest cover girl for the
magazine's April 2012 issue. The beautiful 32-year-old 'Pan Am'
actress opens up in the interview with Marie Claire and dishes on a
wide range of topics including love, growing up in Hollywood,
battling an eating disorder, and the biggest turning points in her
life.
Asked whether she has any regrets when it comes to her wild child
ways, the actress admits that, "No. Because it all kind of makes up
the back story which is my life."
Speaking about the growing up process, Christina confesses that,
"It took a while for me to be comfortable with who I was. To
realise everyone might not get my sense of humour; everyone might
not like me. You know what, I'm not going to change who I am. I've
tried. It doesn't work. I've never been very Hollywood."
In the accompanying cover story, the actress also explains the
effect her upbringing has had on her work. "How I was raised and
the memories of certain incidents in my childhood… I bring those
emotional memories to things I need to use at work. Definitely. But
I also use things that happened to me as an adult in the same way,"
Ricci told the magazine.
In the interview with Marie Claire UK, Ricci also speaks about
one of the biggest turning points in her life and her
much-publicised eating disorder.
"Somebody actually found out about it and outed me while I was
recovering," [from an eating disorder] she says. "It was a
horrifying thing to do to a 14-year-old trying to cope with a
devastating illness. And, out of rage, I vowed that no one would
ever be able to out me for a secret again. So I was going to be
completely honest in the rest of my life. I don't want to be hurt
in that way again."
Ricci made her film debut in Richard Benjamin's Mermaids as a child
who thinks one of the three kings brought Jesus 'Frankenstein' as a
gift. And now, with a Hollywood career spanning more than a decade,
with a multitude of film hits and a great professional experience
already achieved, what advice would Ricci give to others? "I've
always said to people you should never let anyone change who you
are because the only commodity you really have is your
individuality," the actress says.
What about her personal life? What does the lovely actress look for
in a man? Christina confesses that she is currently single but she
is looking for "somebody smart and funny that I love being
with."
And on the future? It seems that Christina is content, even happy,
with the idea of growing older. "Yeah. I'm so glad I'm not 20 years
old any more. I was in a hurricane. I'm a lot calmer now. I don't
cause destruction for myself and others everywhere I go. I take
things as they happen and I've learned to be calm about things.
Troubleshoot problem as they arise and make the best out of
things," she told Marie Claire.
Read Christina Ricci's full interview in the April 2012 issue of
Marie Claire UK.
Photos courtesy of Marie Claire UK
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