I remember the whole thing with the word ambition. I was messed up for a while because I associated it with certain people who just want to be famous. I think, for a while, it was kind of a dirty word for women.
WINONA RYDERMy father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
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I was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it’s fiction.
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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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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’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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You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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I write pretty much every day, but I don’t have any desire to publish anything.
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You do a movie if it’s good and if you want to do it. It doesn’t matter if it’s small or big or expensive or cheap. If you want to say the words, you’re gonna say them. You can’t strategize.
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I think I really scored with my parents. All of my friends pretty much came from broken homes, and my parents are still together, but not only that, they’re still in love and still write together.
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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’ve read the Bible. I think the Bible’s a great book, but it’s a novel. It’s beautifully written and la-di-da, but people really took it the wrong way.
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I’d always find the positive in someone.
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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 was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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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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