00:00On behalf of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, I now declare today Christina Ricci Day in
00:09Hollywood!
00:13Christina, the mic is yours, and I will lower it for you.
00:21Oh great, a short joke.
00:26Um, this is really so, I mean, I'm a terrible public speaker, so you're going to have to
00:33bear with me, especially since I might cry.
00:35So, this is just such a truly incredible honor, and I'm so moved by it.
00:42Surprisingly, because I don't feel much.
00:46Um, first of all, I want to thank Dan and Patty.
00:50I mean, both of you really saw something in me that I did not see in myself at the
00:55time, and I was able to build on your belief in me at a time when I really needed it.
01:02And I'm so grateful.
01:04I will always be indebted to you.
01:07And then for you to show up here for me and do this is just, I'm so touched.
01:12And Dan, you too, I know you didn't say anything, but honestly, the fact that I was a repellent
01:1917-year-old mess, and you just loved me.
01:23And it meant so much to me at that point in my life.
01:28So, thank you both for speaking on my behalf.
01:31It really means so much.
01:34Thank you to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, truly.
01:38And thank you to my Yellow Jackets family.
01:40So many of you are here, and it just touches me so much.
01:44Tommy came in from Colorado.
01:46I can't believe it.
01:48I don't know that I would fly to Colorado for you for a day.
01:51So, I'm really just so touched.
01:54I would.
01:55I mean, I would.
01:58I want to thank my Showtime family and my Lionsgate family for making this happen.
02:03And thank you so much to my fantastic managers, Stephen Nosikoff and Jason Weinberg.
02:09I mean, you guys are just unbelievable.
02:12I'm so happy to have you on my side.
02:18And my killer CAA team, Dar Rawlins, who's been my agent since I think I was in my 20s.
02:25We were both like 24 or something.
02:28Allie Trustman, Harley Koppen, Olivia Blaustein.
02:32My partner, Michael Peters at Cat Full of Spiders.
02:35I love you so much.
02:37He really, he, I like geriatric, and he keeps me able to operate tech and show up at Zooms and read stuff.
02:46It's amazing.
02:47But also, you're so talented and so smart.
02:50Your taste is so incredible.
02:51And I'm just so grateful to have you in my life.
02:54My wonderful assistant, Anna Rossi, who does so much for me.
02:58Gene Kowalik, my brand manager.
03:01My lawyer, Jamie Afifi.
03:03Stephen Pergiato and Shakira Washington.
03:06And I want to say a special thank you to my incredible publicist, Britta Rifkin.
03:12Who, we've been together since I think we were both about 25.
03:17Some of our first tours were together.
03:20Some crazy incidents.
03:23We've had to share Ativan at different times over the course of the past 20 years.
03:28She sang just once, but I think it might have been more than once.
03:31And she is more than my representative, my publicist.
03:37She is a true friend.
03:38She has shown up for me in incredibly dark times of need.
03:42And always moves mountains for me.
03:45And I know you had so much to do with this happening today.
03:48And I really am so grateful.
03:53I want to thank my family.
03:55Mark, you're the most supportive and loving husband.
03:58Freddie, you made me feel so much love the day you were born.
04:04And reconnected me to art and passion and ambition.
04:10And Cleo, my gorgeous little baby girl.
04:13I love you so much.
04:14I'm inspired by all your strength and courage and spirit.
04:19She's really spirited.
04:24My sister, Pia.
04:25I could not do this life without you.
04:27You've been there for me from the moment I was born.
04:30And, I mean, just everything.
04:32I call my sister all the time in times of need.
04:35And you are always there for me.
04:37My brother-in-law, TJ.
04:39And my niece and nephew, Noah and Asa.
04:42I love you guys so much.
04:44My mother, who started this career with me when I was only eight.
04:48Taught me how to take buses into the Port Authority in New York.
04:52And make sure we didn't get mugged on Ninth Avenue.
04:55And taught me how to pretend I was staying at hotels to use the lobby bathroom.
05:01All the things.
05:02We learned all the things very early on.
05:04So savvy, this woman.
05:06And, Rebecca, none of this would be possible without your incredible contribution to our family.
05:11So, thank you.
05:20So, this really means so much to me, I have to say.
05:23From the moment I started acting, I knew it was meant to be.
05:28You know, I just felt like I was finally doing the right thing.
05:32And I was only seven.
05:34And then, from the moment I stepped on a film set, I knew I was home.
05:39I've been a working actress for over 36 years.
05:42And a part of this community.
05:44And as much as I've always felt at home on a set.
05:47Compulsively drawn to any base camp I drive past.
05:50And love the feeling of stepping up to my mark, or really anyone's mark.
05:56It feels so good to step on that T.
05:58They used to shoot in my grocery store.
06:00And they would, like, leave the T marks.
06:02And I would, like, have to go and stand on them.
06:05Because it just felt so good to me.
06:10But as much as all of that is true.
06:12And as much as I always felt at home on a set.
06:15I don't think I would have ever believed, as a young actress, that I would receive an honor like this.
06:20I've always felt very much on the outside.
06:24And what made me special wasn't always valued or popular.
06:28Especially in my days as a young adult.
06:30And I know I'm here.
06:32And my career has thrived as it has.
06:34Only because of the belief others had in me.
06:38And the work and support they were willing to offer me.
06:41I'm only here and will forever now be here at Hollywood and Argyle.
06:46I'm going to haunt my star when I die.
06:48So, I'll just always be here.
06:51I'm only here because of the incredible people in my life who have traveled this road with me.
06:57I am so grateful.
06:59And so honored.
07:00And so incredibly moved.
07:08So, this is a resolution from the City of Los Angeles.
07:11The City Council of Los Angeles.
07:13Presented via the 13th Council District.
07:16And the Council Member who represents this area in Hollywood, Hugo Soto-Martinez.
07:22So, let's grab this.
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