One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
WINONA RYDERI 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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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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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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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A woman who wears high heels is very different, I think, than a woman who wears sandals.
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I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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I feel my best when I’m happy.
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Looking back – I did have a lot of success and a lot of great opportunities earlier in my career.
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You try to get out there and live. I’ve always had good friends who’ve been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I’ve never felt attached to the film industry.
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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 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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My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
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I try to just pay attention to what I’m feeling. If something is scary to me, then that’s sometimes a good sign – although, sometimes it’s not.
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Money doesn’t matter on a deeply personal level. It doesn’t make you feel any happier. But of course I am very aware that I don’t have to worry about earning a living or about those very important practical things that most people have to worry about on a very real level.
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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 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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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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