Christina Ricci is getting actual concerning the downsides of fame.

The 45-year-old actress, who rose to fame on the age of 11 in 1991 by taking part in Wednesday in The Adams Household film, opened up concerning the unfavorable results of receiving undesirable consideration from a younger age.

“I didn’t get pleasure from that, simply because folks, they’ll comply with you all the way in which residence. And I lived on my own, and that felt very threatening,” she stated on a latest episode of the Conan O’Brien Wants a Pal podcast, referring to the paparazzi.

Nevertheless, she additionally gave a shoutout to a sort enterprise proprietor who she remembered serving to her out.

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“I discovered there was a liquor retailer on the nook. Rick was this man who at all times labored in there, and he was at all times smoking a cigarette. He’s the one particular person I might ever let name me Chris. And If anybody ever adopted me, I’d pull into the liquor retailer, and I’d go inform Rick, and Rick would come out and chase them off,” she stated.

The Yellowjackets star additionally revealed a intelligent method she used to deal with strangers disrespecting her boundaries.

“I performed this psychological sport the place I pretended that my dad was simply this physician that everyone liked on the town, and I used to be similar to, ‘Oh, Dr Ricci‘s daughter,’ and that’s why everyone was being good to me, however not that I used to be well-known. And that everyone simply actually wished me effectively,” she stated.

Whereas it paid off at first, she ultimately needed to discover different methods to guard herself.

“It labored. I grew to become very comfy, however then to the purpose the place I didn’t have my guard up sufficient and I needed to be like, ‘Properly, we’ve got to finish that now,’” she stated.

She additionally recalled a scary incident the place a random man would wait outdoors her residence and depart notes on her automobile, so she and her sister “would flip the lights off and wait till he left.”

Discussing her A-list standing, Christina additionally talked about mourning her privateness as soon as she was launched into the highlight.

“I get into any restaurant and I by no means had issues stepping into golf equipment and all that stuff. But in addition there have been logistical and safety points that, to me, loomed bigger in my thoughts than the precise enjoyable of being well-known,” she stated.

She continued, “I by no means actually felt well-known. I nonetheless neglect lots, and I used to be by no means actually comfy with it. So for me, it didn’t really feel like energy. It form of felt like one thing I needed to navigate.”