Winona Ryder Quotes
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I had this big complex because I didn't go to college. There was a whole era where I got linked to everybody. People that I had never met. I was like, "How? I'm home alone reading chapter 12 of a book."
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There's like this great thing that Bette Davis said when someone asked her, "How do you get into Hollywood?" "Take Fountain!"
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I binge-watched this show Damages. Glenn Close and Rose Byrne are so good. Lily Tomlin is in it. You see all these great actors and the writing is terrific. There are a lot of shows like that. And there are all these conversations right now about roles for women and being paid equally and all of that, but I think what it really is, is opportunity.
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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 was not the first choice for Veronica in Heathers. I auditioned and they were like, "Oh, thanks." And I went to the Beverly Center to Macy's and had them do a makeover on me. I went back because I kind of knew that they thought I wasn't pretty enough. They were trying to get Jennifer Connelly.
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There was a time when I was 19 when I really, really, really thought I was going crazy. I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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My parents really instilled this idea in me of being your own person, almost to the extent that I couldn't do wrong. I'd get a bad grade and they'd be like, "No! What you did was great!"
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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 don't use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.
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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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I would love to someday do a play. I did one when I was very young in San Francisco, where I grew up. A girl can dream.
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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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I'm not a big one on - I don't know what to call it - getting all glamorous. I don't really worry about my looks, and I don't worry about getting old. Exterior beauty doesn't mean a lot to me.
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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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I was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it's fiction.
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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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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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A woman who wears high heels is very different, I think, than a woman who wears sandals.
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I'm 44 years old. So, it's really great to watch younger generations getting their opportunities, and being there to support them in that.
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I don't hang out with agents and producers and I'm not into the business side at all.
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As a character, it's very interesting to play someone who wants to change their life and have him change it.
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I remember being 18, and my first boyfriend said to me, "Unless you're in the room, you don't know if it's true." We were talking about gossip.
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I feel like I had to learn how to take care of myself and find out what made me happy aside from just making films.
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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.