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 RYDERI 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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
-
-
I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.
WINONA RYDER -
I think it’s really important to have a life and have interests outside of this [movie] business, and not rely on this business to validate you as a human being. If you do that, you’re really in a dangerous spot.
WINONA RYDER -
I’d always find the positive in someone.
WINONA RYDER -
I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
WINONA RYDER -
You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.
WINONA RYDER -
A woman who wears high heels is very different, I think, than a woman who wears sandals.
WINONA RYDER -
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 -
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 -
In America, I don’t know how much longer the environment is going to exist. I sort of strongly believe that we’re in danger.
WINONA RYDER -
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 -
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.
WINONA RYDER -
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.
WINONA RYDER -
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.
WINONA RYDER -
My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
WINONA RYDER -
The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.
WINONA RYDER