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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.

Winona Ryder

You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.
WINONA RYDER

Feeling Sensitive Talk World Yourself
Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame – illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.
WINONA RYDER

Blame Forever Illegal Mom Need Prison Victim
I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
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Book Favorite Love Myself Sound
I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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Growth Myself Start
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

Business Dangerous Important Interest Life Movie Thinking Yourself
I was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it’s fiction.
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Beautiful Believe Fiction Myself Religious
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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Act Inspirational Myself People Writing
I’m very attached to movie theaters and I love going to them. Nothing will ever replace that. It’s very romantic and beautiful. I used to want to live inside of one, with a bathtub, a bike and a bed, and just watch movies.
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Attachment Beautiful Movie Myself Replacement Romantic
A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It’s still in the back of my mind.
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Mindset Movie Myself Old Sad
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.
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Ambition Dirty Famous Kind Mess Myself People Remember Woman Word
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

Business Frustration Personal Print Reading Wrong Yourself
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

Big Children Kind Life Myself Remember School Stardom
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.
WINONA RYDER

Book Greatness Myself Novel Reading Religious Way Writing Wrong
The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
WINONA RYDER

Actor People Soul Thinking Yourself
I want to be a good person, and a person that people enjoy working with, ’cause I certainly enjoy working with other people.
WINONA RYDER

Goodness Myself People Person Work
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.
WINONA RYDER

Insult Movie Myself People Personal Thinking

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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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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