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.
WINONA RYDERI 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.
WINONA RYDERI don’t use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
WINONA RYDERA lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It’s still in the back of my mind.
WINONA RYDERFor 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.
WINONA RYDERI’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.’
WINONA RYDERI 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 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.
WINONA RYDERYou 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.
WINONA RYDERI am not a person who can really sit around and think about regrets because with every bad experience that you have, there is weirdly something good that comes from it.
WINONA RYDERI 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 RYDERCrazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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.
WINONA RYDERI’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.
WINONA RYDERThe actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
WINONA RYDERI love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
WINONA RYDERI have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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