Washington, April 13 -- Christina Ricci talked about her early days as a child star and how she knew she wanted a life as an actress on the recent episode of the Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast.

"I was in second grade, and they brought in sheets of lines and stuff into music class, and they said, 'We're putting on a Christmas pageant, and here's the pageant we're doing, and read these lines,' " she said, reported People.

"The second I saw them and started reading them and participating, I remember sitting there by myself and being like, 'Oh, I know how to do this. And nobody else here does.' And I just was like, 'Oh, that's so crazy. I know exactly what he wants, and this kid over here can't do it.' In that moment, I felt like I ha...