I was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it’s fiction.
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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.
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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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I 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.
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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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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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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 love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
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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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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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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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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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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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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 write pretty much every day, but I don’t have any desire to publish anything.
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