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

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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
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I think it’s really important to have a life outside of this [movie] business and just be the best person you can be.
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I’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.
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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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You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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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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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.
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As an actress, you want to try new things. You don’t want to repeat yourself. That becomes more important to you, as you get older.
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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 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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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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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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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 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’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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I feel my best when I’m happy.
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Looking back – I did have a lot of success and a lot of great opportunities earlier in my career.
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I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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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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I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
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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 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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My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
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You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.
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Society makes suicide so romantic.
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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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