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.
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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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It’s part of the celebrity process but my life has never been as interesting or as wild as what’s been printed about me.
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As an actress, you want to try new things. You don’t want to repeat yourself. That becomes more important to you, as you get older.
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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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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’m not a drug user myself. I’m too little to take drugs – my body can’t take it.
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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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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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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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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 books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
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I’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.
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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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My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
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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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As an actress, you go where the stories are. I don’t really care where it’s seen, at this point. I just want to tell good stories and do good roles that I haven’t done before.
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