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 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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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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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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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My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
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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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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 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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The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
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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.
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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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I don’t use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
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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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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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