It used to be that you commit to something, and then basically you spend your year doing that. Now there’s a constant conversation of how you have to keep working in order to remind people that you’re around. – Winona Ryder
When I’m acting well, it’s the most exhilarating experience. When I’m bad, it’s miserable. – Winona Ryder
I loved movies, but I can’t remember ever really wanting to be an actress, and I certainly didn’t imagine ever being in a movie. I think I wanted to be a writer. – Winona Ryder
The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think. – Winona Ryder
It’s just people should realize that the celebrity aspect of being an actor is very rarely enjoyable for people like me who would always rather go unnoticed and disappear into the crowd. – Winona Ryder
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
Scorsese would talk to me about this movie ‘The Heiress’ with Olivia de Havilland. We were talking about this scene in it, and suddenly we were rolling. It was very intentional, and I didn’t realize – because we talk old movies all the time. – Winona Ryder
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
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. – Winona Ryder
That’s an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don’t want to have other people read about. – Winona Ryder