I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time.
WINONA RYDERI’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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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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As an actress, you go where the stories are. I don’t really care where it’s seen, at this point. I just want to tell good stories and do good roles that I haven’t done before.
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I’m not a drug user myself. I’m too little to take drugs – my body can’t take it.
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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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When you finally accept that it’s OK not to have answers and it’s OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.
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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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I’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.
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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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I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
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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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You have good days and bad days, and depression’s something that, you know, is always with you.
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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 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’d always find the positive in someone.
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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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