I'm very attached to movie theaters and I love going to them. Nothing will ever replace that. It's very romantic and beautiful. I used to want to live inside of one, with a bathtub, a bike and a bed, and just watch movies. Winona Ryder More Quotes by Winona Ryder More Quotes From Winona Ryder I don't have anything left to offer in the teen-angst area. I've done it every way I know how. Winona Ryder angst done way The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know? Winona Ryder soul people thinking I'm not a big one on - I don't know what to call it - getting all glamorous. I don't really worry about my looks, and I don't worry about getting old. Exterior beauty doesn't mean a lot to me. Winona Ryder worry mean looks What's great is my parents aren't stuck in the '60s. My dad is so into the culture of today. Winona Ryder dad parent culture You know you're getting older when they're making TV shows, sequels or plays for things that you did. It's very flattering and very humbling, indeed. Winona Ryder getting-older tv-shows play If something brilliant comes along but I really feel like it's too old for me - that I'm not gonna have the experience it takes - I'm not gonna do it. Even if it's "a big mistake for my career". Winona Ryder brilliant careers mistake I often get offered things that are so similar to things that I have done, and life is too short. When you make a film or a show, as you get older, that's a lot of time to be doing something that you're not absolutely invested in or in love with. Winona Ryder life-is-too-short film done All we want is to be treated like human beings, and not to be patronized, or experimented on like guinea pigs. Winona Ryder guinea want pigs Actors do these really gross, gun-'em-down movies, and I always wonder why. They're not good movies. And it's like, "Why are you doing them? Aren't you rich enough?" Winona Ryder good-movie ems gun My parents were great in the sense that they treated me like a human being when I was growing up. They showed me how beautiful things can be and how ugly they can be. Winona Ryder growing-up parent beautiful I'm a really private person. I just love my work. I feel like celebrity has changed so much, in this culture. Ever since they started with those reality shows and people that aren't actors but they're really famous, it's gotten very different from when I started out. So, the idea of ever becoming more than what I had is not really what I want. Winona Ryder reality people ideas I want to be a good person, and a person that people enjoy working with, 'cause I certainly enjoy working with other people. Winona Ryder working-with-others want people Society makes suicide so romantic. I mean, you watch these TV movies about teen suicide and you want to jump in front of a bus. Because your biggest fantasy is your own funeral. No one will admit to it, but it's true. Winona Ryder funeral suicide mean I definitely believe in legalizing drugs. It does take the mystery away. It takes the money away, so suddenly there are no drug wars. If you're a junkie, you can get help easier. Winona Ryder drug war believe My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with. Winona Ryder cult believe father How I was raised was, there were no rules - nothing like that. If I wanted to take a drug because I was in school and everybody was doing it, I could go to my parents and say, "I really want to try this." And they'd say, "If you do this, O.K., but this is what can happen to you..." They'd say, "Don't get it in the streets, because it could be really bad and make you freak out. Don't take it in a crowded place, because you'll panic." Winona Ryder drug parent school I grew up in San Francisco. My parents were not hippies; they were writers. They were very active politically, but on the intellectual side, not on the "taking drugs in a field and listening to the Grateful Dead" side. Winona Ryder san-francisco grateful hippie I'm 44 years old. So, it's really great to watch younger generations getting their opportunities, and being there to support them in that. Winona Ryder support opportunity years I think it's really important to have a life outside of this [movie] business and just be the best person you can be. Winona Ryder being-the-best important thinking One of my friends committed suicide when I was in high school, and it's the most tragic thing anybody can go through. Winona Ryder tragic suicide school
