Quotes from Erika Christensen

My first thing was a McDonald's commercial.

I take things on a day to day basis when it gets really hectic. But I do think long term and I'm looking forward to the next couple of years when I do start producing my own films with my production company and playing some characters that are older and that's really exciting to me.

I don't know if my agent will be upset but I quoted him saying that he would jump out a window if I turn down another project.

I'm close with my whole family, but it requires email and texting because they don't all live nearby!

I had a big 'New York Times' crossword puzzle phase.

If I can't find anything good, I am just going to have to get my butt in gear and start learning how to do everything.

I want to do an action movie where they say, 'Go the gym and get ripped like Linda Hamilton.'

There was a little of this, 'Oh, you're such a sweet girl!' That's a wonderful thing to have in life; I don't mind it at all for life. But I remember, the first role I was ever cast in as a not-so-sweet-girl, I was so happy.

At the premiere for 'Leave It to Beaver,' I was walking down the red carpet, and they were screaming my name, and I'm wondering, 'What do I do?' So I had to think, 'OK, calm down, one person at a time.' Everything is kind of rattling, but afterwards, my publicist said I did really good.

There are times when I think, 'I'm going to get this part. I know I am. I'm going to get this.' And then I don't, and I'm wondering, 'What happened? I went back five times!'

Work hard; be ethical.

I went through this rebel period where I didn't want to dress up.

When I first started going on the red carpet, I wore a lot of Armani, but I didn't really have my own style apart from that. I think I was just lazy.

We were worried about that actually. The cast was thinking that they'd lose their minds. But we didn't.

Growing up, I was a bit of a tomboy; feminine things took a while to find their place in my world. But diamonds made me understand the magic and beauty of jewelry.

I can be a binger when it comes to information, but most of the time, I'm pretty good, and I try to focus on my own life and personal communication.

My theory is, if you force yourself to smile enough, then you start to feel it. Which comes in handy all the time.

The SAT is not particularly relevant to my life.

Erinn Hayes is hysterical in person, and I love that.

I got to work with Jeffrey Wright, which is fantastic. I started out starstruck, but he's so cool, so it was all OK.

The thing about that too is that we had the same extras everyday. It was such a community. It was like a microcosmic little town. We were like all little towns people with extras and a crew.

I don't want to shut the door and only be thought of as the dark girl.

There are photos of me with my Pony trucker hat, sideways. Truly, awesomely, horrible.

I didn't plan on going to college, at least not a full-time schedule. I still have that plan. I may take some individual classes at some point as an indulgence.