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.
WINONA RYDERRemember, 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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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I’m very attached to movie theaters and I love going to them. Nothing will ever replace that. It’s very romantic and beautiful. I used to want to live inside of one, with a bathtub, a bike and a bed, and just watch movies.
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As an actress, you go where the stories are. I don’t really care where it’s seen, at this point. I just want to tell good stories and do good roles that I haven’t done before.
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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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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.
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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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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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I think it’s important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.
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The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
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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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You do a movie if it’s good and if you want to do it. It doesn’t matter if it’s small or big or expensive or cheap. If you want to say the words, you’re gonna say them. You can’t strategize.
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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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I don’t use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
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You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
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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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That’s an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don’t want to have other people read about.
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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 was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it’s fiction.
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I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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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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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’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.
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Society makes suicide so romantic.
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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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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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