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Winona Ryder

(1971) Actor United States

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Winona Ryder talks about hunting for interesting roles and how good parts don’t just fall into your lap. She recalls that a film like Beetlejuice changed her career, and she feels lucky for the people she’s worked with. She also notes that early on she was a nerd with thin skin, and she now tries to keep her private life far from the spotlight.

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Winona Ryder is an actor from the United States, best known for Experimenter.

Quick Facts About Winona Ryder

Born: October 29, 1971
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Experimenter

About Winona Ryder

Winona Laura Horowitz, known as Winona Ryder, first attracted attention playing quirky characters in the late 1980s. In the 1990s she shifted to more dramatic roles. She has won a Golden Globe and has been nominated for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award.

Awards & Honors

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Jupiter Awards Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Winona Ryder

I, myself, am strange and unusual.

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

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I've learned that it's okay to be flawed.

Acceptance

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I'm not into wrinkles.

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I'd always find the positive in someone.

Positive

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I don't have a director's mind.

Cinema

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I've always been fascinated with twins.

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I feel my best when I'm happy.

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My parents are awesome, but they're pretty left-wing.

Awesome

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

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I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties.

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One thing you have to have when you act is energy.

Energy

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I would not want to go back to playing the ingenue.

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I get sent a lot of scripts where you're just the mom.

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I love watching old movies, and I read a lot of autobiographies.

Autobiographies

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It was hard to find that transition to adult roles.

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

Book

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I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but…

Dramatic

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

Acting

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I remember being 18, and my first boyfriend said to me, "Unless you're in the room, you don't know if it's true."…

First boyfriend

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All we want is to be treated like human beings, and not to be patronized, or experimented on like guinea pigs.

Guinea

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I'm not into older guys. To tell you the truth, Richard Gere is not the sexiest man alive, in my book.

Alive

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I was always like, "I'm going to be the drunk judge who's like, 'Objection!' 'In chambers!' "

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As an actress, you want to try new things. You don't want to repeat yourself. That becomes more important to you, as…

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Well, yeah! Now they're considered golden oldies, which is awesome. I was watching Little Women recently, and I didn't want to get…

Film

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I love Texas. Even if I am a little bit famous or a little bit popular... You go to places where you're…

Advantage

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My problems seemed so glamorous to other people, and everyone just thought I was so lucky. But then, I was lucky because…

Family

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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…

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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…

Cinema

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I think I really scored with my parents. All of my friends pretty much came from broken homes, and my parents are…

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I remember when I was about 18, Sean Penn made a bet with me. He had just directed his first movie, and…

Acting

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I was never strategic really, but back when I was starting out no one cared. In the acting community, box office didn't…

Acting

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I was so lucky that I got to meet certain people. It came through Roddy McDowall, who had become a photographer and…

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How I was raised was, there were no rules - nothing like that. If I wanted to take a drug because I…

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No one is banging my door down to be a superhero. I don't know how good I would be. I have low…

Actors

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Most actors don't know what they're going to do next, so you get into this thing where you have to force yourself…

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When I was young, I was really, really obsessed with Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes. Because my mom was a projectionist in…

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There's a scene [in the 1990 film Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael] in my bedroom where I start eating Almond Roca. I was…

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You've got to grow up sometime.

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I was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it's fiction.

Beautiful

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