I write pretty much every day, but I don’t have any desire to publish anything.
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 love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.
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For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.
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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.
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You try to get out there and live. I’ve always had good friends who’ve been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I’ve never felt attached to the film industry.
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I often get offered things that are so similar to things that I have done, and life is too short. When you make a film or a show, as you get older, that’s a lot of time to be doing something that you’re not absolutely invested in or in love with.
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I was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it’s fiction.
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Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame – illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.
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What’s awful about being famous and being an actress is when people come up to you and touch you. That’s scary, and they just seem to think it’s okay to do it, like you’re public property.
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I think it’s really important to have a life outside of this [movie] business and just be the best person you can be.
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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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A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It’s still in the back of my mind.
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I’d always find the positive in someone.
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I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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It’s part of the celebrity process but my life has never been as interesting or as wild as what’s been printed about me.
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My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
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Weird people follow you in the streets, you can’t sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone.
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Break-ups are hard for anybody, but it’s particularly tough when it’s being documented and you see the person’s picture everywhere. Most people don’t have that added problem when they break up with someone.
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I remember when I first started being in magazines, I had pretty thin skin. I was this nerd that read books and stayed home and didn’t go out.
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You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.
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I try to just pay attention to what I’m feeling. If something is scary to me, then that’s sometimes a good sign – although, sometimes it’s not.
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Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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Society makes suicide so romantic.
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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 don’t use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
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In America, I don’t know how much longer the environment is going to exist. I sort of strongly believe that we’re in danger.
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You have good days and bad days, and depression’s something that, you know, is always with you.
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