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.
WINONA RYDERWhat’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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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I write pretty much every day, but I don’t have any desire to publish anything.
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For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.
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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It’s still in the back of my mind.
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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 remember when I first started being in magazines, I had pretty thin skin. I was this nerd that read books and stayed home and didn’t go out.
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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.
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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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My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
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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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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 was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it’s fiction.
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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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I’m not a drug user myself. I’m too little to take drugs – my body can’t take it.
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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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