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 RYDERBreak-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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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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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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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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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Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
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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 have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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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 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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A woman who wears high heels is very different, I think, than a woman who wears sandals.
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I am not a person who can really sit around and think about regrets because with every bad experience that you have, there is weirdly something good that comes from it.
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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.
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I don’t use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
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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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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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