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Winona Ryder
American
Actress
Born:
Oct 29
,
1971
Being
Me
People
Think
Time
You
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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.
Winona Ryder
People
Money
Thought
Situation
Though
Able
Could
Attractive
Make
Because
Lot
Role
Where
Transition
Really
Even
Play
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
Life
You
Happy
Baby
Spend
Months
Enter
Hopefully
Pretty
Something
Ruth
Gordon
Gotta
Doing
Years
Very
Going
Short
Jane
Special
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.
Winona Ryder
Love
Girl
Young
Francisco
Dream
Would
Someday
Up
Very
Did
Where
Grew
San
San Francisco
Play
I was single for a while and dating and... I just didn't know how to do it! I've always been like that: when I was 15, there was a guy I liked, and we made out, and I thought that meant he was my boyfriend.
Winona Ryder
Thought
Made
Single
Out
Guy
Dating
He
Like
Know
Liked
Always
How
Boyfriend
Been
Just
While
Meant
You have to work to be relevant. If you don't, then people will forget, and the studios won't want you because they won't remember the last thing you did that made money.
Winona Ryder
Work
You
People
Money
Remember
Will
Made
Relevant
Studios
Because
Forget
Did
Want
Then
Thing
Last
I was fired from a movie because I did 'Heathers!' I was cast in a movie, and the director saw an advance screening and was offended by it and fired me.
Winona Ryder
Me
Director
Offended
Saw
Cast
Fired
Advance
Because
Did
Screening
Movie
I remember when I was about 18, Sean Penn made a bet with me. He had just directed his first movie, and he's like, 'By the time you're 30, I will bet you $500 that you'll be sick of acting.' I'm still waiting to collect, because I'm not.
Winona Ryder
Time
Me
You
Waiting
Remember
Will
Made
First
Sick
Collect
Penn
Bet
About
Directed
Had
He
Remember When
Like
Because
Still
His
Just
Movie
Acting
Sean
Sean Penn
By The Time
I was watching TV, and there was this oldies-but-goodies film fest, and 'Lucas' came on. I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm an oldie!'
Winona Ryder
God
TV
Like
Came
Oh
Oh My God
Lucas
Film
Watching
Watching Tv
I wish I could unknow this, but there is a perception of me that I'm super-sensitive and fragile. And I am super-sensitive, and I don't think that that's a bad thing. To do what I do, I have to remain open.
Winona Ryder
Me
Perception
Wish
Think
Bad
Remain
Could
Bad Thing
Open
Am
Thing
Fragile
I get sent a lot of scripts where you're just the mom.
Winona Ryder
Mom
You
Lot
Get
Just
Where
Scripts
Sent
I went from weirdo teenager to pixie waif to them not knowing what the hell to do with me.
Winona Ryder
Me
Not Knowing
Hell
Teenager
Weirdo
Knowing
Them
Apparently, Bette Davis and a lot of actresses had a hard time in their 30s, too.
Winona Ryder
Time
Too
Bette
Bette Davis
Davis
Had
Lot
Hard
Apparently
Hard Time
Actress
It's great concentrating so hard you feel your brain will explode.
Winona Ryder
Great
You
Will
Feel
Concentrating
Brain
Explode
Your
Hard
I have my email on my Blackberry, and that's about it.
Winona Ryder
Email
Blackberry
About
There's a couple of times that I did it for the... paycheck. Even when I was younger - I remember I did this movie that wasn't good, called '1969.' I totally did it 'cause I could get out of school.
Winona Ryder
Good
Remember
School
Cause
Out
Totally
Could
Couple
Times
Get
Did
Movie
Younger
Paycheck
Even
I can see it in even great actors' performances, when they're phoning it in.
Winona Ryder
Great
See
Performance
Even
Actor
With 'Ed Wood,' I sobbed. With 'Frankenweenie,' I was crying. With 'Edward Scissorhands,' I always cry. There's always an incredible amount of purity, even if they look a certain way.
Winona Ryder
Incredible
Way
Purity
Look
Cry
Crying
Always
Edward
Wood
Certain
Certain Way
Even
Amount
I just did what I found interesting. I was so lucky that I was able to do that, especially in the '90s. I was really able to have a life to go back to.
Winona Ryder
Life
Back
Able
Go
Did
Just
Interesting
Really
Lucky
Found
I binge-watched this show 'Damages.' Glenn Close and Rose Byrne are so good. Lily Tomlin is in it. You see all these great actors, and the writing is terrific. There are a lot of shows like that.
Winona Ryder
Good
Great
You
Writing
Rose
Byrne
See
Glenn
Glenn Close
Like
Lily
Terrific
Lot
Close
Show
Shows
Actor
Damages
I did this little movie I really love called 'Experimenter,' but that took six years to get made and no money.
Winona Ryder
Love
Money
Made
Took
Years
Get
Did
Six
Movie
Little
Really
There was a time when all that mattered was that you were in a good movie.
Winona Ryder
Time
Good
You
Good Movie
Were
Mattered
Movie
I'm not someone like Norma Desmond who's harking back to her younger days.
Winona Ryder
Back
Someone
Days
Like
Younger
Her
Desmond
I've always been super-private and protective of certain experiences and certain friends.
Winona Ryder
Protective
Always
Been
Friends
Experiences
Certain
My home is San Francisco - that is definitely what I consider my home.
Winona Ryder
Home
Consider
Francisco
Definitely
San
San Francisco
I'm just coming from a more personal - and, I guess, more nostalgic - point of view.
Winona Ryder
Guess
More
Point
Point Of View
Coming
Personal
Just
Nostalgic
View
Some people go to L.A. just to see recognizable people. There are tour buses. But in New York, everyone seems a little less into that.
Winona Ryder
People
Some People
Everyone
Recognizable
See
Some
Seems
Tour
New
Go
York
Just
New York
Little
Buses
Less
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