I don’t want to preach, and I don’t want to tell people what to do.
WINONA RYDERI 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.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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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’m not a drug user myself. I’m too little to take drugs – my body can’t take it.
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I was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it’s fiction.
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You try to get out there and live. I’ve always had good friends who’ve been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I’ve never felt attached to the film industry.
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My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
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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 have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
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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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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’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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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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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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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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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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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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I remember when I first started being in magazines, I had pretty thin skin. I was this nerd that read books and stayed home and didn’t go out.
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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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In America, I don’t know how much longer the environment is going to exist. I sort of strongly believe that we’re in danger.
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It’s part of the celebrity process but my life has never been as interesting or as wild as what’s been printed about me.
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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 was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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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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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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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 don’t use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
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I feel my best when I’m happy.
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