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.
WINONA RYDERIt’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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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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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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 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.
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I’m not a drug user myself. I’m too little to take drugs – my body can’t take it.
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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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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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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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That’s an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don’t want to have other people read about.
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Weird people follow you in the streets, you can’t sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone.
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I don’t use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
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I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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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 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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Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
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