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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. "
Winona Ryder
People
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" With 'Ed Wood,' I sobbed. With 'Frankenweenie,' I was crying. With 'Edward Scissorhands,' I always cry. There's always an incredible amount of purity, even if they look a certain way. "
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" I was very lucky because Tim Burton really gave me a career. I don't think Hollywood would've known what to do with me. If I hadn't done 'Beetlejuice,' I think I would've just gone back to my school. "
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" I am not a person who can really sit around and think about regrets because with every bad experience that you have, there is weirdly something good that comes from it. "
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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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" Some people go to L.A. just to see recognizable people. There are tour buses. But in New York, everyone seems a little less into that. "
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" 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. "
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" My home is San Francisco - that is definitely what I consider my home. "
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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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" I was fired from a movie because I did 'Heathers!' I was cast in a movie, and the director saw an advance screening and was offended by it and fired me. "
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" 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. "
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" You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt 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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" I've learned that it's OK to be flawed. "
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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. "
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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 remember a lot of conversations where I was constantly hearing, 'You've gotta do this movie so you can do that movie. You've gotta make a big movie so you can make a small movie.' But I can't act like that. "
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