I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
WINONA RYDERI’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.
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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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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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I try to just pay attention to what I’m feeling. If something is scary to me, then that’s sometimes a good sign – although, sometimes it’s not.
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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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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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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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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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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’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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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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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 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.
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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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I want to be a good person, and a person that people enjoy working with, ’cause I certainly enjoy working with other people.
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