Christina Hendricks
Christina Hendricks
Christina Rene Hendricksis an American actress. She is best known for her role as Joan Holloway in the AMC drama television series Mad Men, for which she was nominated for six Emmy Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth3 May 1975
CityKnoxville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
diets lose mom voluptuous
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.
mom years people
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.
beautiful confidence mom
I guess my mom raised me right. She was very celebratory of her body. I never heard her once say, 'I feel fat.' 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.
gained letters men people rather seems watched
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.
joan walked
My husband says, 'What Joan walk? You've always walked that way!'
jump strong survival tend
I tend to take things personally. But I can only take so much, and then I jump back. I have strong survival skills.
accepted bit bullied filled goth mean purple rest school writers
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.
dancer train until worry
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.
creative less people wish
Some people are way less creative than you wish they were.
good grown knowing saw wish
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.
bit cringe cruel deliver hard hope joan lines people says sort time
I would hope that people didn't think I was anything like Joan! It's very hard for me because Joan says such cruel things all the time. It sort of makes me cringe every time I read them because I think, 'Who could be so horrible?' To be able to deliver those lines and do them with a coolness, yet still make her likable, is a bit of a challenge.
call disney
It is so exciting to get a phone call saying you're going to be working on a Disney film.
I think calling me 'full-figured' is just rude.
When the attention started to be about my figure, I was surprised, because it wasn't something I was focused on.