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" 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. "
Winona Ryder
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" I have my email on my Blackberry, and that's about it. "
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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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You
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" One of my worst fears is being a self-indulgent person. "
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" 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. "
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Eye
Know
Language
" As a teenager, I worked on Indian reservations, and it was such an incredible culture: the elders are so respected. "
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Elders
Indian
Incredible
" You can't pay enough money to... cure that feeling of being broken and confused. "
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Feeling
You
Money
" 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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Been
Movies
Feel
" 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. "
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Lucky
Life
Just
" 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
" 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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Happy
Life
Short
" What's awful about being famous and being an actress is when people come up to you and touch you. That's scary, and they just seem to think it's okay to do it, like you're public property. "
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People
Scary
Famous
" There's a couple of times that I did it for the... paycheck. Even when I was younger - I remember I did this movie that wasn't good, called '1969.' I totally did it 'cause I could get out of school. "
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Paycheck
School
Cause
" It's really good to be able to think about past loves without having a pit in my stomach, or cringing or feeling heart-broken, or like they hate you. Don't you think? "
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Hate
Feeling
Good
" Honestly, if it wasn't for 'Beetlejuice,' where would I be? That movie was a big thing for me. "
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Movie
Big
Big Thing
" 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 love watching old movies, and I read a lot of autobiographies. "
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Old Movies
Movies
Love
" It's equally as important to me to be a good friend and a good sister and a good daughter. I'm very close with my family and friends. "
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Friend
Family
Good
" I was single for a while and dating and... I just didn't know how to do it! I've always been like that: when I was 15, there was a guy I liked, and we made out, and I thought that meant he was my boyfriend. "
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Know
Dating
Always
" 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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Cry
Purity
Way
" I've always been super-private and protective of certain experiences and certain friends. "
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Experiences
Been
Always
" There was a time when I was 19 when I really, really, really thought I was going crazy. I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression. "
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Crazy
Time
Thought
" I was unusual looking - I didn't have the look of that time. If you look at 'Lucas' - and, basically, my first five or six movies - the characters are not described in the scripts as attractive people. "
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People
Look
Looking
" 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. "
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Good
Positive
Future
" When I'm acting well, it's the most exhilarating experience. When I'm bad, it's miserable. "
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Acting
Well
Miserable
" It's an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk. "
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Love
Sad
Story
" Usually, the roles that you get offered that are the mom roles are very much the mom role. "
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Role
Very
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. "
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Movies
Remember
Loved
" 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. "
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Love
Young
Play
" I would not want to go back to playing the ingenue. "
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Want
Playing
Back
" 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. "
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Business
People
You