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" I've loved making movies. I feel like I've been so lucky because I've gotten to be in movies that are some of my favorites, regardless of my being in them - like 'Heathers.' "

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" 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

People

You

" 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. "

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

Winona Ryder

Anybody

Myself

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have my email on my Blackberry, and that's about it. "

Winona Ryder

Blackberry

About

" 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. "

" I'm just coming from a more personal - and, I guess, more nostalgic - point of view. "

Winona Ryder

Point Of View

View

" I can see it in even great actors' performances, when they're phoning it in. "

" 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. "

" I feel my best when I'm happy. "

" Apparently, Bette Davis and a lot of actresses had a hard time in their 30s, too. "

" 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. "

" I get sent a lot of scripts where you're just the mom. "

" I'm part of the crew obsessed with 'The Wire.' Like, I'm not over that yet. "

" 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. "

" My parents are awesome, but they're pretty left-wing. "

" 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. "

Winona Ryder

Nothing

Anything

" As a teenager, I worked on Indian reservations, and it was such an incredible culture: the elders are so respected. "

" I would not want to go back to playing the ingenue. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

Mother

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

" When I'm acting well, it's the most exhilarating experience. When I'm bad, it's miserable. "