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.
WINONA RYDERI 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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old.
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I write pretty much every day, but I don’t have any desire to publish anything.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.
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Society makes suicide so romantic.
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I don’t want to preach, and I don’t want to tell people what to do.
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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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I’d always find the positive in someone.
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Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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