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.
WINONA RYDERA lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It’s still in the back of my mind.
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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I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.
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I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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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’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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Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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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 love my job. But all the stuff that comes with it, the thought of being propelled into the limelight again is not something I sit around and fantasize about, certainly. I’d much rather just do my work, and then go home and read my books and watch movies.
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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 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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I write pretty much every day, but I don’t have any desire to publish anything.
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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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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.’
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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.
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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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