If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'.

- Winona Ryder

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.

- 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

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.

- Winona Ryder

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

- Winona Ryder

I don't use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.

- Winona Ryder

But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity.

- Winona Ryder

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

- 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

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

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

I'm not into wrinkles.

- Winona Ryder

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

- Winona Ryder

I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.

- Winona Ryder

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

- Winona Ryder

Googling yourself is maybe one of the worst things you can do. I did it once, and someone had to talk me off a ledge.

- 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 the type who'd rather not work than work on something I'm not into. I've done that a couple of times, and I feel like I can totally see it in my performance.

- 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

I was very lucky because Tim Burton really gave me a career. I don't think Hollywood would've known what to do with me. If I hadn't done 'Beetlejuice,' I think I would've just gone back to my school.

- Winona Ryder