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.
WINONA RYDERYou can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
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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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You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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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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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 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.
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I think I really scored with my parents. All of my friends pretty much came from broken homes, and my parents are still together, but not only that, they’re still in love and still write together.
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I’ve loved making movies. I feel like I’ve been so lucky because I’ve gotten to be in movies that are some of my favorites, regardless of my being in them – like ‘Heathers.’
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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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Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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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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Society makes suicide so romantic.
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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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