“Weird people follow you in the streets, you can’t sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone.”
— Winona Ryder
“You can’t pay enough money to… cure that feeling of being broken and confused.”
— Winona Ryder
“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
“I get sent a lot of scripts where you’re just the mom.”
— Winona Ryder
“Usually, the roles that you get offered that are the mom roles are very much the mom role.”
— Winona Ryder
“It’s an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk.”
— Winona Ryder
“I’m quite comfortable looking at myself in movies, probably because I’ve been doing it for so long, since I was a kid. So I sort of watched myself grow up and go through adolescence, like, basically on camera.”
— Winona Ryder
“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
“I’m getting asked a lot, ‘You don’t have kids, so how do you know how to act like a mother?’ I know nothing could compare, and I haven’t had that experience, but when my niece was born, I felt like I would jump in front of a car and die for this little person I didn’t even know yet.”
— Winona Ryder
“My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I’m very interested in the music scene and I suppose that’s why I’ve ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends.”
— Winona Ryder
“I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.”
— Winona Ryder
“You’ve got to grow up sometime.”
— Winona Ryder
“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.”
— Winona Ryder
“What’s awful about being famous and being an actress is when people come up to you and touch you. That’s scary, and they just seem to think it’s okay to do it, like you’re public property.”
— Winona Ryder
“You’ve got to grow up sometime.”
– Winona Ryder
“I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.”
– Winona Ryder
“It’s an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk.”
– Winona Ryder
“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
“I think I’m learning to be bolder in my career choices and be more confident in my personal life. I haven’t always felt very secure as an individual, but now I feel I certain confidence and sense of self that gets me through the day a lot better than before.”
– Winona Ryder
“My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I’m very interested in the music scene and I suppose that’s why I’ve ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends.”
– Winona Ryder
“Weird people follow you in the streets, you can’t sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone.”
– Winona Ryder