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.
WINONA RYDERLooking back – I did have a lot of success and a lot of great opportunities earlier in my career.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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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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You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.
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The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
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When you finally accept that it’s OK not to have answers and it’s OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.
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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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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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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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People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they – at least the ones that I know personally – have been waiting for something that doesn’t completely insult them.
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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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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 write pretty much every day, but I don’t have any desire to publish anything.
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I’m the type who’d rather not work than work on something I’m not into. I’ve done that a couple of times, and I feel like I can totally see it in my performance.
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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 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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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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