One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
WINONA RYDERA woman who wears high heels is very different, I think, than a woman who wears sandals.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
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I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time.
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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’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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It’s just people should realize that the celebrity aspect of being an actor is very rarely enjoyable for people like me who would always rather go unnoticed and disappear into the crowd.
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You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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I’m the type who’d rather not work than work on something I’m not into. I’ve done that a couple of times, and I feel like I can totally see it in my performance.
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I think it’s important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.
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My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
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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.
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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’d always find the positive in someone.
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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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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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The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.
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When you finally accept that it’s OK not to have answers and it’s OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.
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I write pretty much every day, but I don’t have any desire to publish anything.
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I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.
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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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Society makes suicide so romantic.
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I’m very attached to movie theaters and I love going to them. Nothing will ever replace that. It’s very romantic and beautiful. I used to want to live inside of one, with a bathtub, a bike and a bed, and just watch movies.
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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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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 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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I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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