Looking back – I did have a lot of success and a lot of great opportunities earlier in my career.
WINONA RYDERWeird 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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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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I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
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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 remember the whole thing with the word ambition. I was messed up for a while because I associated it with certain people who just want to be famous. I think, for a while, it was kind of a dirty word for women.
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I’ve read the Bible. I think the Bible’s a great book, but it’s a novel. It’s beautifully written and la-di-da, but people really took it the wrong way.
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I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.
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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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You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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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 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.
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I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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I want to be a good person, and a person that people enjoy working with, ’cause I certainly enjoy working with other people.
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The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
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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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I don’t want to preach, and I don’t want to tell people what to do.
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