I think it’s really important to have a life and have interests outside of this [movie] business, and not rely on this business to validate you as a human being. If you do that, you’re really in a dangerous spot.
WINONA RYDERAs an actress, you go where the stories are. I don’t really care where it’s seen, at this point. I just want to tell good stories and do good roles that I haven’t done before.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old.
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I’m quite comfortable looking at myself in movies, probably because I’ve been doing it for so long, since I was a kid. So I sort of watched myself grow up and go through adolescence, like, basically on camera.
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That’s an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don’t want to have other people read about.
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As an actress, you want to try new things. You don’t want to repeat yourself. That becomes more important to you, as you get older.
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I’d always find the positive in someone.
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I would love to someday do a play. I did one when I was very young in San Francisco, where I grew up. A girl can dream.
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Remember, I’m the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I’ve never felt like I’m a big star at any level of my life.
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As an actress, you go where the stories are. I don’t really care where it’s seen, at this point. I just want to tell good stories and do good roles that I haven’t done before.
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I don’t use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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I’m not a drug user myself. I’m too little to take drugs – my body can’t take it.
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Looking back – I did have a lot of success and a lot of great opportunities earlier in my career.
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I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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I’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.
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You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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