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" You have to work to be relevant. If you don't, then people will forget, and the studios won't want you because they won't remember the last thing you did that made money. "

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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. "

Winona Ryder

Shopping

You

Reality

" 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. "

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Mother

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

" 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. "

" The Duffers can be super articulate or very straight to the point. I was really impressed with how they were with each other. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I've learned that it's OK to be flawed. "

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Learned

Flawed

" My home is San Francisco - that is definitely what I consider my home. "

" 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

" 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. "

" The description of my character in the first few movies I did was always 'nerdy,' but I liked that; it was way more interesting. "

" 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. "

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

Winona Ryder

Blackberry

About

" I wish I could unknow this, but there is a perception of me that I'm super-sensitive and fragile. And I am super-sensitive, and I don't think that that's a bad thing. To do what I do, I have to remain open. "

Winona Ryder

Wish

I Am

" 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. "

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Women

Sick

" 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 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. "

" On the set for 'Beetlejuice,' it was before people would go watch on monitors, and directors would be next to the camera. "

Winona Ryder

Watch

Before

" You've got to grow up sometime. "

Winona Ryder

Teen

You

" 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. "

" I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist. "

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

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

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

" 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 don't hang out with agents and producers and I'm not into the business side at all. "

" I don't have a director's mind. "

Winona Ryder

Mind

Director