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.
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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You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.
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I think it’s really important to have a life outside of this [movie] business and just be the best person you can be.
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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 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.
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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 love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
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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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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 was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time.
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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.
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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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What’s awful about being famous and being an actress is when people come up to you and touch you. That’s scary, and they just seem to think it’s okay to do it, like you’re public property.
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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 love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.
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