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" Life's short, so if you're going to spend months doing something, it's gotta be pretty special... But I'm very happy to enter my Baby Jane years, and hopefully segue into the Ruth Gordon years. "

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" I'm so sick of people shaming women for being sensitive or vulnerable. It's so bizarre to me... I do have those qualities, and I just don't think there's anything wrong with them. "

Winona Ryder

Women

Sick

" Scorsese would talk to me about this movie 'The Heiress' with Olivia de Havilland. We were talking about this scene in it, and suddenly we were rolling. It was very intentional, and I didn't realize - because we talk old movies all the time. "

" 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. "

" I went from weirdo teenager to pixie waif to them not knowing what the hell to do with me. "

Winona Ryder

Hell

Not Knowing

" I want to be a good friend, a good sister, a good person and a good actress. "

" I just did what I found interesting. I was so lucky that I was able to do that, especially in the '90s. I was really able to have a life to go back to. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm getting asked a lot, 'You don't have kids, so how do you know how to act like a mother?' I know nothing could compare, and I haven't had that experience, but when my niece was born, I felt like I would jump in front of a car and die for this little person I didn't even know yet. "

" I was watching TV, and there was this oldies-but-goodies film fest, and 'Lucas' came on. I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm an oldie!' "

" It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future. "

" Remember when you were a kid, and everyone used to say, 'Would you rather be interested or interesting?' And to me, it was always like, 'Interested!' How is that even a question? I feel very lucky that I'm just really, really interested in a lot of things. "

Winona Ryder

Interesting

You

" 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. "

" My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends. "

" 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. "

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

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

Winona Ryder

Anybody

Myself

" For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move. "

" When your parents are madly in love for 45 years, your standards are really high. "

" 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

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

" Break-ups are hard for anybody, but it's particularly tough when it's being documented and you see the person's picture everywhere. Most people don't have that added problem when they break up with someone. "

" It's all about knowing when to listen to that conversation and - without sounding really hokey - when to tune it out and follow your heart. "

" What you wear - and it always starts with your shoes - determines what kind of character you are. A woman who wears high heels carries herself very different to a girl who wears sneakers or sandals. It really helps determine how you carry yourself. "

" 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. "

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

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

Winona Ryder

Point Of View

View

" But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity. "

" 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. "