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.
WINONA RYDERYou have good days and bad days, and depression’s something that, you know, is always with you.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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I was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it’s fiction.
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I love my job. But all the stuff that comes with it, the thought of being propelled into the limelight again is not something I sit around and fantasize about, certainly. I’d much rather just do my work, and then go home and read my books and watch movies.
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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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I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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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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It’s an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk.
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Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
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I don’t use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
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The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
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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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A woman who wears high heels is very different, I think, than a woman who wears sandals.
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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’m quite comfortable looking at myself in movies, probably because I’ve been doing it for so long, since I was a kid. So I sort of watched myself grow up and go through adolescence, like, basically on camera.
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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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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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