One thing you have to have when you act is energy. Winona Ryder More Quotes by Winona Ryder More Quotes From Winona Ryder I'm not interested in playing the girl that's just there to make the guy, you know, give him a talking to. Winona Ryder girl talking giving 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. Winona Ryder good-friend supportive feel-good 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.' Winona Ryder heathers lucky feels 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. Winona Ryder special baby years 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. Winona Ryder running long thinking 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. Winona Ryder lap interesting fall 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. Winona Ryder separation kind needs Most actors don't know what they're going to do next, so you get into this thing where you have to force yourself to have another life outside of acting. And then, as soon as you start something in this sort of normal life that you're trying to live, you get a job. So you have this constant struggle because you want to be able to commit to things and to finish things in your life, but then you also want to be able to act. Winona Ryder struggle trying jobs People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they - at least the ones that I know personally - have been waiting for something that doesn't completely insult them. Winona Ryder waiting people thinking 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? Winona Ryder broken-heart hate past I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time. Winona Ryder teenager long school If a film is well made, then great, whatever it's about. Winona Ryder wells film made I really lucked out in terms of how my parents encouraged me to develop my own personality so I didn't just feel incredibly insecure and like I didn't fit in. Winona Ryder insecure parent personality My problems seemed so glamorous to other people, and everyone just thought I was so lucky. But then, I was lucky because my family was really there for me. I think I just felt like I really wanted to hold on to who I was as a person, and try to have as much of a normal life as I could. Winona Ryder trying people thinking I was never strategic really, but back when I was starting out no one cared. In the acting community, box office didn't matter. I really think it was a mistake when they started paying people like $20 million to do a movie because now it's all people think about. Is she worth it? Is he worth it? Winona Ryder mistake people thinking If you're a musician, you can practice your guitar every day and write songs, but when you're an actor, you can't just like burst into a monologue. Your only exercise is when you're in prep or you're working. Winona Ryder exercise writing song 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. Winona Ryder home writing thinking I think that as actresses - and I've definitely gone through this in a really bizarre way, because I worked so much and was really lucky with the roles that I got when I was younger - I remember hearing the older actors saying, "It gets tough," and thinking, "Really? I can't imagine." Winona Ryder roles lucky thinking I was so spoiled in a way. I worked very hard, but there was just a wealth of great roles. Winona Ryder wealth roles way There's like this great thing that Bette Davis said when someone asked her, "How do you get into Hollywood?" "Take Fountain!" Winona Ryder fountain hollywood said
