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" It's like, sometimes I'll watch a movie, and it's got some big star in it playing a working-class person, and the character is in a grocery store, and you can kind of tell, from just watching the scene, that this actor doesn't do their own shopping. So you have to have some sense of reality. "

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Winona Ryder

Hate

Feeling

Good

" I'm not interested in playing the girl that's just there to make the guy, you know, give him a talking to. "

" Even though 'Heathers' didn't make a lot of money, I really was able to transition into a situation where people thought I could play an attractive role because of it. "

" I don't believe I am influencing anybody but myself. "

Winona Ryder

Anybody

Myself

" 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. "

" I love getting older. I think it has to do with always being the kid on set. "

" I've been embracing aging. I always have, since I was a kid. When you're the kid on the set for so long, you just, like, daydream about being older. "

Winona Ryder

You

Always

" If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'. "

" Googling yourself is maybe one of the worst things you can do. I did it once, and someone had to talk me off a ledge. "

Winona Ryder

You

Worst

" You can't pay enough money to... cure that feeling of being broken and confused. "

" I don't use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it. "

" There are certain directors who will start talking to you about something, and suddenly you'll be ready to roll, and you'll realize it was very specific. "

" 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. "

" 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

Process

Wild

" I love watching old movies, and I read a lot of autobiographies. "

" I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record. "

" I don't have any interest in being a movie star. "

" Usually, the roles that you get offered that are the mom roles are very much the mom role. "

" I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties. "

" I definitely count my blessings. I feel like I've had such a great ride. Early on, to be able to work with some of the people I did, I feel really lucky. "

" I loved movies, but I can't remember ever really wanting to be an actress, and I certainly didn't imagine ever being in a movie. I think I wanted to be a writer. "

" Remember, I'm the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I've never felt like I'm a big star at any level of my life. "

" You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that. "

" I love westerns. John Ford is one of the 10 best directors. "

" There was a time when all that mattered was that you were in a good movie. "

" 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. "

" Honestly, if it wasn't for 'Beetlejuice,' where would I be? That movie was a big thing for me. "

" People don't realise how much tension they hold in their forearms. "

" I would have to say 'The Crucible' stands out because it was one of the best experiences I've ever had, but, you know, Arthur Miller being present on the set - which was wonderful and incredible - but, to have him in your eye line is quite intimidating. It's such a beautiful language he created, so that was challenging but exciting. "

" 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. "