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.
WINONA RYDERIt’s part of the celebrity process but my life has never been as interesting or as wild as what’s been printed about me.
More Winona Ryder Quotes
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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 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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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 love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
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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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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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Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame – illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.
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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 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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You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
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I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.
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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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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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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 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.
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