I love my job. But all the stuff that comes with it, the thought of being propelled into the limelight again is not something I sit around and fantasize about, certainly. I’d much rather just do my work, and then go home and read my books and watch movies.
WINONA RYDERI 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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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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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I’m not a drug user myself. I’m too little to take drugs – my body can’t take it.
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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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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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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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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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Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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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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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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I want to be a good person, and a person that people enjoy working with, ’cause I certainly enjoy working with other people.
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A woman who wears high heels is very different, I think, than a woman who wears sandals.
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People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they – at least the ones that I know personally – have been waiting for something that doesn’t completely insult them.
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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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It’s an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk.
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