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.

Winona Ryder

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I am not a person who can really sit around and think about regrets because with every bad experience that you have, there is weirdly something good that comes from it.
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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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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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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 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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I don’t use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
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I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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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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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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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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Break-ups are hard for anybody, but it’s particularly tough when it’s being documented and you see the person’s picture everywhere. Most people don’t have that added problem when they break up with someone.
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Weird 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.
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I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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I’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.
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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.
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My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
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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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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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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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I’d always find the positive in someone.
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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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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 don’t want to preach, and I don’t want to tell people what to do.
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You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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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 often get offered things that are so similar to things that I have done, and life is too short. When you make a film or a show, as you get older, that’s a lot of time to be doing something that you’re not absolutely invested in or in love with.
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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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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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