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I think it's really important to have a life and have interests outside of this [movie] business, and not rely on this business to validate you as a human being. If you do that, you're really in a dangerous spot.

Winona Ryder

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Winona Ryder
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 29
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You try to get out there and live. I've always had good friends who've been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I've never felt attached to the film industry.
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I approached work very seriously. I never went out. I couldn't fathom people who could go out to clubs... But I definitely went through a time where I was just terrified and exhausted and I didn't really understand. Hollywood... It just got to be too much for me.
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As a character, it's very interesting to play someone who wants to change their life and have him change it.
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That first movie I did, Lucas [1986], was probably the closest to me. And Beetlejuice a little bit, in the sense that I did look like that. All they did was like put a little white powder here.
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I'm not interested in playing the girl that's just there to make the guy, you know, give him a talking to.
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My parents are awesome, but they're pretty left-wing.
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You've got to grow up sometime.
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I was so spoiled in a way. I worked very hard, but there was just a wealth of great roles.
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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.
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I had this big complex because I didn't go to college. There was a whole era where I got linked to everybody. People that I had never met. I was like, How? I'm home alone reading chapter 12 of a book.
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Certainly with The Crucible, what I love is that every role in that is so crucial.But there's something almost comic. I remember there's that line where she says, I am 18 and a woman, however single, which killed me every time!
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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.
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I, myself, am strange and unusual.
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I'm not into wrinkles.
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There's like this great thing that Bette Davis said when someone asked her, How do you get into Hollywood? Take Fountain!
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I think it's really important to have a life outside of this [movie] business and just be the best person you can be.
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I want to be a good person, and a person that people enjoy working with, 'cause I certainly enjoy working with other people.
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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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I don't have anything left to offer in the teen-angst area. I've done it every way I know how.
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I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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