Top 85 Christina Hendricks Quotes
#1. I found myself at the beginning of 'Mad Men,' because I wasn't a sample size, spending an exorbitant amount of money on a nice dress that I would never wear again because someone would say - 'Christina Hendricks wore this dress twice.'
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#2. I'm super, it's like my favourite meal and a birthday blowjob from Christina Hendricks in here.
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#3. As for the herbal cigarettes, for the most part I don't smoke as much as the guys do. I'm usually just strutting around a bit more so I don't actually have to be inhaling it. I'm lucky because I do have scenes where the cigarettes work beautifully to punctuate certain things I'm saying.
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#4. 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.
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#5. I was obsessed with the Canadian novel 'Anne of Green Gables'. I decided I was Anne of Green Gables. There was something that spoke to me about her, and I wanted to have her beautiful red hair.
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#6. Getting to wear beautiful fashion is the most fun part of the job that has nothing to do with the job.
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#7. I use Redken color on my hair and use mild shampoos that don't strip your hair of color. If I need to, I'll use a good colored mousse in between.
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#8. I come up with the silliest excuses when it's time to work out. I'll be like, 'Oh no! Now I have to go and find some socks.'
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#9. I was the nerdy one. I always played those kind of characters until Mad Men.
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#11. 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.
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#12. I'm just looking for material that excites me more than any specific genre. It just needs to be good.
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#13. I'm not quite at the point where I feel the need to wear disguises in public.
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#14. Everyone assumes we're always going to have a cocktail and a cigarette in hand. Fans expect us all to be dressed up all the time. They always say to me, 'You look so young. You don't seem as tall!'
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#15. I have faced rejection in this business because of my appearance, but that has only made me stronger and more determined.
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#16. I auditioned for so many things - cops, lawyers, doctors and things but they were like, "She just seems too sweet. I don't see that hard side of her."
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#17. I had been on several shows that were meant to be the big ones, that would go on forever, and they didn't.
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#18. I'm open to trying new things. That's why I think Birchbox is so awesome! It's something to look forward to and introduces me to something maybe I wouldn't have picked out, but fall in love with.
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#19. Some of the things people have said about me, well, they're unbelievable.
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#20. Even when I did Ryan Gosling's movie (Lost River), we had a very '80s kind of vibe and I would say for two or three months after that, I was dressing in a very sort of '80s way.
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#21. I guess my mom raised me right. She was very celebratory of her body. I never heard her once say, 'I feel fat.'
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#22. I definitely am drawn to deeper reds and wine colors for lips and even cheeks during the holiday.
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#23. I adore the incredibly tight clothing! My own wardobe's changed - I've streamlined a little bit and definitely learnt from Joan's sleekiness and tailoring.
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#24. Sexiness is about being an individual and having conviction about what that is.
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#25. I thought, well, you might see curves there, but that's just a bone - so even if I lose weight that's not going to change anything. That's how I look. That's my shape. Do the math.
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#26. It is tricky because I do wear a lot of vintage on the red carpet, and usually when I'm getting ready, I'll say, 'We need to make sure that I don't look like I'm in a Scorsese film today.' Sometimes I do something a little bit more modern with my hair. You have to mix it up.
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#28. I was a dancer until I was 19. I never had to worry about working out or what I ate. So I've really had to train myself to get down to the gym.
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#29. When the attention started to be about my figure, I was surprised, because it wasn't something I was focused on.
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#31. If I get any private time in my trailer, all of a sudden I'm doing sit-ups and push-ups.
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#32. Back when I was modeling, the first time I went to Italy, I was having cappuccinos every day, and I gained 15 pounds. And I felt gorgeous! I would take my clothes off in front of the mirror and be like, 'Oh, I look like a woman.' And I felt beautiful, and I never tried to lose it, 'cause I loved it.
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#33. The way we dress on 'Mad Men' is so associated with old photographs, with people's parents and grandparents.
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#34. I don't think it's not feminist to use every tool you have to succeed, and part of that is being a woman - presenting yourself in a certain way.
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#35. When you're doing voice work, you're in a bubble where you just think about the story and the words. They record you on video while you're doing the voice work, so they capture how your face is moving and the gestures you make.
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#36. I have classic and feminine taste. I'm definitely drawn to vintage-inspired and ladylike things. I like an accentuated waist, and a strong shoulder works well with my figure.
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#37. If my legs are showing, the makeup artist adds a tiny amount of foundation to body lotion and rubs it in.
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#38. Cats appear to have a wonderful ability to weed out everything they don't need to know, while honing in on what is important to them.
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#39. We have defined these characters - people always expect to see me in a pencil skirt. When they see me out of one - much like when they see Jon Hamm's hair when it isn't slick - they say, 'Wait a minute, you're all 2010!'
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#40. To be honest, the real reason I did 'Drive' was because of Nicolas Winding Refn, the director.
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#41. Caftans are just the perfect solution to what to wear at home. I love Camilla Franks', but I also get great vintage ones on eBay.
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#42. A woman is beautiful when she stands out as an individual - it's a woman who has her own style and the confidence to pull it off. Half the women on the streets in New York City achieve this. I get so inspired every time I'm there.
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#44. 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.
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#45. I get kind of bored on the treadmill, but I do it. And I do a little bit of weight training. I'm really into the BOSU ball. You have to balance on it, and I do weights and squats on it. I'm pretty good at it, I feel sort of like a Karate Kid.
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#46. I sort of feel like 'Mad Men' fans are like sci-fi fans because they are very, very devoted, and they're very loyal and very excited about it.
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#47. My parents didn't exercise, so it was not something I saw was good for you or fun. I wish I had grown up knowing to do that.
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#49. I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.
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#50. 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.
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#51. No man should be on Facebook. It's an invasion of everyone's privacy. I really cannot stand it.
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#52. I like the old-fashioned, vintage-inspired swimsuits with halters and maybe a little ruching, and the longer cut that's almost short-shorts, like Ava Gardner used to wear a lot, right?
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#53. I'm constantly saying that I have bad hair days when I'm in New York. It's so hard. I've been lucky enough to jump immediately into a car, head straight to the location, and stay in the air-conditioning.
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#54. I just keep praying for Joan to get her power back. To resolve her problems and rise to the top. To fight back!
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#55. I love cocktails. My specialty drink is a gimlet with a little egg white in it so it gets frothy. I really like rose water - sometimes I'll add it to champagne.
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#57. You can never predict what's going to be successful, so you have to do the one you really love, and I picked 'Mad Men.'
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#58. I went to a very mean school and was bullied like crazy. I was a bit of a goth with purple hair, and I was also part of the drama group, which was filled with actors and writers and wasn't really accepted by the rest of the school.
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#59. Oftentimes when I do a project I do get influenced by the wardrobe. I certainly learned a lot from Mad Men and from Janie (Bryant) in particular. She's just so fabulous.
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#60. One of my favourite messages about 'The Pirate Fairy' is that the story is about appreciating your own talents.
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#61. It's a tough business. To my parents or to their friends, I was not a success, but to me I was a huge success. I was having a blast. I was working on shows I loved, I was working with actors I loved, and I was making a living as an actor. And I loved every second of it.
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#62. I tend to take things personally. But I can only take so much, and then I jump back. I have strong survival skills.
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#63. Over the years, it seems 'Firefly' has only gained momentum rather than lost it. I still get letters from people who watched the show - I get more 'Firefly' than 'Mad Men' letters.
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#64. Any woman who is currently with a man is with him partly because she loves the way he smells.
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#65. Sexiness is about confidence and individuality. I can't keep my eyes off the women you see in cities like London, New York and Paris - the way they carry themselves and put themselves together are always so unique.
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#66. If Mad Men had taken place in the '90s it would have been just as believable. But the fact is that was the perfect storm and with the fashion and the sets and the writing and the actors it just all made sense and it just was one of those things that you can't explain.
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#67. I really do love being outdoors - I mean, you'd never think it in my high heels and pencil skirt! But I really do miss the smell of hay and farms, and I like milking a cow.
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#68. I was a goth girl in high school. Perhaps the powdered white face and the black lipstick were not the most attractive. I felt fabulous at the time but looking back, uh, probably not the best idea.
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#69. In person, I wear jeans and flip-flops, and people are so shocked. They tell me I look so much younger than they expected.
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#70. My mother never said to lose weight. Diets were never a big deal. My mom was always beautiful and voluptuous and curvy, and I always thought she was gorgeous.
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#72. 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.
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#73. I've been telling everyone for weeks now about how I get to play Lois Lane. It's a big deal. There are a few characters throughout your life which everyone knows and this is one of them. I can't wait.
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#75. I have women coming up to me and saying: 'I love your character! She's so empowered. She takes control; she gets what she wants.' That's another side of her. And I respect that in Joan. She says and does things that I would never allow myself to do.
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#76. I like to look for gifts throughout the year. If I find the perfect item for someone, I put it in my "gift closet" and keep it for the next holiday. But I often get too excited and just give it to them before!
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#77. It is so exciting to get a phone call saying you're going to be working on a Disney film.
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#78. Anytime someone talks about your figure constantly, you get nervous; you get really self-conscious.
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#79. I admire so many women, it's hard to choose, but I've always loved Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, and Mia Farrow.
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#80. I have a problem keeping my mouth shut. I usually speak my mind. I'm trying to learn my lesson.
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#81. I started doing community theatre as a way to make friends, and that was when I caught the acting bug.
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#82. I like salty, creamy foods. I could sit down with a bag of chips and French onion dip and go to town! That would be on my last-supper list.
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#83. When I first started dating my husband, I had this weird fascination with the circus and clowns and old carnival things and sideshow freaks and all that. About a month after we started dating, he bought me this amazing black-and-white photo book on the circus in the 1930s, and I started sobbing.
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#84. I know plenty of people who don't have children. And I also get a lot of people who say, 'Thank you for speaking out; my family don't understand why I don't want kids.'
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#85. We're really spoiled on 'Mad Men.' Lots of television actors use the down season to go out and get creatively fulfilled, but I feel the opposite. Anything else I get to do is just icing.
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