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 RYDERIn America, I don’t know how much longer the environment is going to exist. I sort of strongly believe that we’re in danger.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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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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I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
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Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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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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I feel my best when I’m happy.
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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.
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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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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 love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.
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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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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame – illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.
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I’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed, that life can be messy, that some days you glide and some days you fall, but most important, that there are no secret answers out there.
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You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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I was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it’s fiction.
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