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.
WINONA RYDEROne thing you have to have when you act is energy.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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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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People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they – at least the ones that I know personally – have been waiting for something that doesn’t completely insult them.
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I feel my best when I’m happy.
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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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Weird people follow you in the streets, you can’t sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone.
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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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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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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 was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.
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I’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.
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The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.
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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 raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it’s fiction.
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I write pretty much every day, but I don’t have any desire to publish anything.
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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.
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