I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
WINONA RYDERI was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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I don’t want to preach, and I don’t want to tell people what to do.
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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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You have good days and bad days, and depression’s something that, you know, is always with you.
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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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