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" I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist. "
Winona Ryder
Love
Father
First
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" Weird people follow you in the streets, you can't sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone. "
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People
" I've always been fascinated with twins. "
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Twins
Fascinated
Been
" My favourite performances are by actresses like Bette Davis in 'All About Eve' or Gena Rowlands in pretty much anything - performances that have nothing to do with age. "
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Nothing
Like
Anything
" I'm not interested in playing the girl that's just there to make the guy, you know, give him a talking to. "
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Know
Playing
" I've always been super-private and protective of certain experiences and certain friends. "
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Experiences
Been
Always
" Even though I never really had to pound the pavement as an actor, I always worked really hard. But, at the same time, I always felt like people thought that I didn't have to struggle even though I was struggling. "
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People
Time
Thought
" I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old. "
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Remember
Off
You
" I love getting older. I think it has to do with always being the kid on set. "
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Kid
Think
" I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record. "
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Books
Going
Sound
" When I think about the stuff I've turned down or the stuff I wasn't interested in, I don't have any regrets. Yes, there were some movies that went on to be really popular. But now, how do they really fit into things? "
Winona Ryder
Regrets
Think
Yes
" I'm not into wrinkles. "
Winona Ryder
Wrinkles
" 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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Life
Think
Work
" I wish I could unknow this, but there is a perception of me that I'm super-sensitive and fragile. And I am super-sensitive, and I don't think that that's a bad thing. To do what I do, I have to remain open. "
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Me
Wish
I Am
" I'm not someone like Norma Desmond who's harking back to her younger days. "
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Back
Her
Days
" It used to be that you commit to something, and then basically you spend your year doing that. Now there's a constant conversation of how you have to keep working in order to remind people that you're around. "
Winona Ryder
Now
You
Conversation
" I did 'Beetlejuice,' and it was a big movie, but it didn't help my high-school experience. In fact, it made it worse. I was a freak and a witch. "
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Fact
Help
Big
" 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
Long
Myself
School
" I have my email on my Blackberry, and that's about it. "
Winona Ryder
Blackberry
Email
About
" I'd rather never have been married than been divorced a few times. Not that there's anything wrong with divorce, but I don't think I could do it if that was a possibility. "
Winona Ryder
Think
Wrong
Never
" 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
Me
Process
Wild
" I wanted to be just a normal girl flirting with a normal guy. It's like, you meet people, and they know this stuff about you. It's why you want to meet somebody who's in the same business, only because they understand more. But you don't necessarily want to be with another actor. "
Winona Ryder
Know
Business
You
" I don't hang out with agents and producers and I'm not into the business side at all. "
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Side
Producers
Out
" I'm not into older guys. To tell you the truth, Richard Gere is not the sexiest man alive, in my book. "
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Tell
You
Alive
" When I was young, I was the sweetheart of the press. They loved me but were kind of waiting for me to mess up. I had no skeletons in my closet, no major past to talk about. "
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Me
Past
Loved
" I want to be a good friend, a good sister, a good person and a good actress. "
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Good
Friend
Want
" My father is an atheist. My mother is Buddhist. They encouraged my siblings and me to take the best part of other religions to make our own belief system. "
Winona Ryder
Father
Me
Mother
" I get sent a lot of scripts where you're just the mom. "
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You
Get
Mom
" I feel my best when I'm happy. "
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I Feel
Happy
Best
" When I'm acting well, it's the most exhilarating experience. When I'm bad, it's miserable. "
Winona Ryder
Acting
Well
Miserable
" If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'. "
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Girl
Movies
Said