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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.

Winona Ryder

I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.
WINONA RYDER

Act Inspirational Myself People Writing
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.
WINONA RYDER

Fall Flaw Important Learning Life Myself Secret
I think it’s really important to have a life and have interests outside of this [movie] business, and not rely on this business to validate you as a human being. If you do that, you’re really in a dangerous spot.
WINONA RYDER

Business Dangerous Important Interest Life Movie Thinking Yourself
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.
WINONA RYDER

Business Frustration Personal Print Reading Wrong Yourself
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.
WINONA RYDER

Camera Children Comfortable Movie Myself Quite
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.
WINONA RYDER

Book Home Myself Reading Remember Skin Start Stay
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 RYDER

Actor Celebrity Crowd Disappear Enjoyment Notice People
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.
WINONA RYDER

Attachment Goodness. Friendship Industry Live Movie Try Yourself
People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they – at least the ones that I know personally – have been waiting for something that doesn’t completely insult them.
WINONA RYDER

Insult Movie Myself People Personal Thinking
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.
WINONA RYDER

Deep Level Live Money Myself Personal Reality Worry
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.
WINONA RYDER

Book Greatness Myself Novel Reading Religious Way Writing Wrong
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.
WINONA RYDER

Actor Important Old Repeat Yourself
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.
WINONA RYDER

Believe Dangerous Environment Existence Myself
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.
WINONA RYDER

Celebrity Interest Life Myself Process Wild
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 RYDER

Doubt Myself Regard Scare School Time
I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
WINONA RYDER

Book Favorite Love Myself Sound

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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