I don’t want to preach, and I don’t want to tell people what to do.
WINONA RYDERI 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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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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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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 loved making movies. I feel like I’ve been so lucky because I’ve gotten to be in movies that are some of my favorites, regardless of my being in them – like ‘Heathers.’
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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 raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it’s fiction.
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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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Money doesn’t matter on a deeply personal level. It doesn’t make you feel any happier. But of course I am very aware that I don’t have to worry about earning a living or about those very important practical things that most people have to worry about on a very real level.
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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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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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I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.
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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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I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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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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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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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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