Top 35 Emmanuelle Chriqui Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “My career has been successful, but it’s been a grind of hard work.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

2. “I look at my father. He is one of my heroes. He is such an incredible, classy man. He was such a great father and such a great husband in so many ways, and we lived through some pretty tough times losing my mom. When I see all that he did, I think, Wow, thats a really wonderful man.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

3. “I tell the most horrible jokes.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

4. “I had to deal with death at a really young age.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

5. “I got an Apple TV and hooked it up right away. Undeniably, this is the way of the future, period. It just is, and that’s cool. What’s cool about this is that we got to do something so playful, cool, kick-ass and over-the-top.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

6. “Never reveal your insecurities to a man, because nine times out of 10 they have no idea they even exist.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

7. “I love doing voice-over. It’s so fun.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

8. “I have to be honest, I am a true jeans and t-shirt girl.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

9. “It’s funny because the voice-over world is definitely another career. It’s another outlet to be creative. But, I’m just not invested, in the way that I am with film and television.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

10. “Acting is not glamorous. It’s not. Anybody who wants to get into acting for the glamour is in for a hard time.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

11. “I love European films in general. If I were to go to the movie store or something, that’s what I like to see.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

12. “My elbows are double-jointed, so I can flip them inside out.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

13. “I love what I do, but I never want to OD on celebrity.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

14. “I can celebrate food anytime. I love cheese. When I crave a certain food, I just eat it.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

15. “That’s really empowering – people recognize that I care about other things.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

16. “I’m a very cerebral person and I like to do my homework and break it down. I like to feel like I did my due diligence. It’s a confidence factor for me, as an actor.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

17. “I don’t know why, but in my career and in my life, I often find myself in situations where I am the only girl among boys.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

18. “We have this idea of perfection that is so unrealistic. We are our own worst enemy. No one is noticing that little scar.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

19. “For the record: I wear makeup. All. The. Time. But I do it in a way that looks natural.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

20. “There’s material that I read that I fall in love with, and I always get a little bit sad because I know that, when I fall in love with it, almost everyone else is falling in love with that same piece. Getting the crack at doing that thing that, in my soul, I know I have to do it, that’s the role.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

21. “Is it easy to avoid paparazzi? It is, it really is.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

22. “Someone once told me that the most dynamic actors are people who have stories. People who have lived life. People with experiences.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

23. “I really think the Bible is a baseline where all stories come from. All of the zillion stories in the Bible provide inspiration for everything.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

24. “Most actors want to sink their teeth into amazing material.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

25. “I always describe my career as something where nothing ever popped overnight.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

26. “I have a theory that most people in Hollywood are from Texas.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

27. “I generally circuit train and do Pilates.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

28. “I appreciate humor so much, but I’m actually not a funny girl.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

29. “I’m actually very sensitive to energies, and when people are not aligned, I can feel that.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

30. “I feel like I want to be known first and foremost for my work.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

31. “I think the dream role is getting the opportunity to really sink my teeth into something and transform in the role.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

32. “I’m this little Canadian Jewish girl, and I’m living my dream.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

33. “Often, people ask if it’s different doing live-action and voice-over, but the only thing that’s different, really, is that we’re in a booth and there’s no camera on me. But, my intention, as an actor, is exactly the same.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

34. “Reese Witherspoon is my everywoman. She’s managed to have a family and this amazing career. That’s the goal.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

35. “I’ve always dreamed of doing a period piece, I just never knew what it would be.”

— Emmanuelle Chriqui