I met a lot of young girls modelling and they were like, Oh, Im running around town and people are taking my picture, while I was saving receipts and learning how to be self-employed. – Christina Hendricks
I have women coming up to me and saying: I love your character! Shes so empowered. She takes control she gets what she wants. Thats another side of her. And I respect that in Joan. She says and does things that I would never allow myself to do. – Christina Hendricks
We were probably the last people in the country to get a VCR and we didnt have cable. There wasnt 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 didnt think, Ooh, a movie stars birthday! I just thought, What? – Christina Hendricks
I thought, well, you might see curves there, but thats just a bone – so even if I lose weight thats not going to change anything. Thats how I look. Thats my shape. Do the math. – Christina Hendricks
There is a certain even-handed justice in Time; and for what he takes away he gives us something in return. He robs us of elasticity of limb and spirit, and in its place he brings tranquility and repose—the mild autumnal weather of the soul. – Alexander Smith, “An Essay on an Old Subject”