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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.

Winona Ryder

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.
WINONA RYDER

Celebrity Interest Life Myself Process Wild
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.
WINONA RYDER

Famous People Public Scare Touch Yourself
I’ve loved making movies. I feel like I’ve been so lucky because I’ve gotten to be in movies that are some of my favorites, regardless of my being in them – like ‘Heathers.’
WINONA RYDER

Feeling Love Movie Myself Regard
I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
WINONA RYDER

Book Favorite Love Myself Sound
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 RYDER

Age Break Depression Drama Engagement Remember Yourself
You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.
WINONA RYDER

Feeling Sensitive Talk World Yourself
I’d always find the positive in someone.
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Myself One Liner Perspective Positive
I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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Depression Myself Terrible
Society makes suicide so romantic.
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Fake Movie Romantic Society Suicide
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.
WINONA RYDER

Ambition Dirty Famous Kind Mess Myself People Remember Woman Word
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.
WINONA RYDER

Insult Movie Myself People Personal Thinking
I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
WINONA RYDER

Growth Myself Start
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.
WINONA RYDER

Attention Feeling Goodness Myself Pay Scare Try
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.
WINONA RYDER

Actor Move Myself Occupation Shallow Shame Time
I want to be a good person, and a person that people enjoy working with, ’cause I certainly enjoy working with other people.
WINONA RYDER

Goodness Myself People Person Work
One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
WINONA RYDER

Act Energy Movie Oneself

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 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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