Winona Ryder Quotes

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

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?

The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.

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

I'm not into wrinkles.

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

As a character, it's very interesting to play someone who wants to change their life and have him change it.

I want to be a good person, and a person that people enjoy working with, 'cause I certainly enjoy working with other people.

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

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

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.

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.

If a film is well made, then great, whatever it's about.

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.

I, myself, am strange and unusual.

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

My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.

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.'

You do a movie if it's good and if you want to do it. It doesn't matter if it's small or big or expensive or cheap. If you want to say the words, you're gonna say them. You can't strategize.

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

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.

The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?

I think it's really important to have a life outside of this [movie] business and just be the best person you can be.

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".

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?"

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.

A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It's still in the back of my mind.

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.

I'm not a drug user myself. I'm too little to take drugs - my body can't take it.

I try to just pay attention to what I'm feeling. If something is scary to me, then that's sometimes a good sign - although, sometimes it's not.

I've read the Bible. I think the Bible's a great book, but it's a novel. It's beautifully written and la-di-da, but people really took it the wrong way.

Bette Davis in All About Eve was huge for me. Her acting was staggering.

There's like this great thing that Bette Davis said when someone asked her, "How do you get into Hollywood?" "Take Fountain!"

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.

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.

I don't believe I am influencing anybody but myself.

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

I feel like I had to learn how to take care of myself and find out what made me happy aside from just making films.

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.

I don't have anything left to offer in the teen-angst area. I've done it every way I know how.

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.

One of my friends committed suicide when I was in high school, and it's the most tragic thing anybody can go through.

What's great is my parents aren't stuck in the '60s. My dad is so into the culture of today.

I remember when I did Little Women, I didn't watch the Katharine Hepburn one over and over, which I thought I would do. Heathers, I was completely obsessed with.

Reverend Hale is so interesting because at first he's like, "Oh, she's got the mark." Then by the end he's like, "You're all crazy."

You look at people like Gena Rowlands, but she had [John] Cassavetes to write these amazing roles for her.

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.

I was so spoiled in a way. I worked very hard, but there was just a wealth of great roles.

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.

I love westerns. John Ford is one of the 10 best directors.