Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Italia Ricci

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian actress Italia Ricci.
Last updated on April 18, 2025.
Italia Ricci

Stephanie Italia Ricci is a Canadian-American actress. She known for starring as April Carver in the 2014–2015 ABC Family television series Chasing Life, and for playing White House Chief of Staff and Special Advisor Emily Rhodes in the television drama series Designated Survivor from 2016 to 2019.

I got recognized more by little sweet Italian fans in six days than I've ever been recognized in L.A. in six years.
I started when I was really young. I did a lot of local theatre. I always enjoyed it.
At first, when we got engaged, I asked him if we could just go to Vegas and get married by Elvis, just because I didn't want to deal with planning a wedding. — © Italia Ricci
At first, when we got engaged, I asked him if we could just go to Vegas and get married by Elvis, just because I didn't want to deal with planning a wedding.
Being a part of 'Chasing Life' has been the greatest thing I've done, both personally and professionally.
I want to do everything. I can never decide on one occupation!
I was on my way to law school when a friend of mine at an extras agency said, 'Do you want to come to this movie set and get paid $100 bucks a day to pretend you're at a party?' And I was like, 'Yeah, summer holiday, let's do it.' So I went, and on lunch, the writer asked me to audition for a role, and I got it.
I usually tend to stay toward classic things.
I feel like a lot of characters on TV don't have the time to tell that many aspects of a character's story and personality.
For 'Supergirl,' I actually didn't audition.
I'm an actor, so I'm never going to feel like I've done enough.
It's like I somehow snuck a seat at the grown-up table. I'm just trying not to get caught.
I had never been to Boston before shooting the 'Chasing Life' pilot in 2012. I love it there!
I would love to work with Ryan Reynolds - I think he is hilarious and talented - and also Seth Rogen.
With a free afternoon, I'd probably put on a onesie, find something like a really dark, uncomfortable documentary on Netflix, and order pizza with a lot of ranch on the side.
We definitely did not write our own vows. We're actors - people write things for us. We're not good enough for that.
I'm not really much of a risk taker.
A man can give me a steak, and he's got my attention.
You can be the hardest-working, most talented person in Hollywood and never book a job. Or you can not be able to act your way out of a box and be making $20 million a year.
I was always putting on shows for my family or even just myself in the mirror, being a total psychopath, just screaming monologues till I was crying or laughing or a complete nut case. And then I went to college and got my degree in drama, but I'm very much a Type A.
'Must Feed and Water' is a love story told from the point of view of 'Love' as a character.
I have a thing for just a white shirt and blue jeans. I think I grew up looking at too many GAP and Calvin Klein ads.
I was raised Catholic in a very religious family.
There are so many amazing directors I would love to work with, like Christopher Nolan, who is a total pipe dream.
My personal style changes on a dime. One day, I'll be all about flowing, breezy maxi dresses, and the next, I'm in tight leather pants. It depends on the day and my mood.
I'm really not opposed to playing anything as long as it's a story that I want to tell. — © Italia Ricci
I'm really not opposed to playing anything as long as it's a story that I want to tell.
I've sort of knocked cancer down to size. It shouldn't be something that makes people uncomfortable.
I think I feel most sexy when I have a matching lingerie set underneath what I'm wearing. I know what's going on and no one else does.
I've never had a personal experience with cancer.
I have such incredible friends in L.A. that are pretty much my family now - I mean, outside of the family I have back in Canada - but they just supported me so hard and believed in me when I barely believed in myself anymore. I still can't thank them enough. They mean the world to me.
I grew up doing theater when I was very young - always enjoyed it.
I try my best to stay healthy, but I have the appetite of a nine-year-old boy, so I just pay for it in workouts.
My family and my friends inspire me.
I grew up doing theater when I was very young - always enjoyed it. Studied it in college, got my degree in it, and never really had the guts to do it professionally. But one summer, a friend of mine was with an extras agency and asked me if I wanted to be an extra with him in a movie, and I was, like, "Sure." At lunch, the writer came up to me and asked me to audition for a role. I got it, and it sort of snowballed from there.
I've been talking to people, and I've gone to hospitals, talked to survivors, to doctors, to caregivers. I just learned that there's really no one way for somebody to experience dealing with cancer.
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