A biography for Winona Ryderhasn’t been written yet.
“Even though I never really had to pound the pavement as an actor, I always worked really hard. But, at the same time, I always felt like people thought that I didn't have to struggle even though I was struggling.”
“I'm not into older guys. To tell you the truth, Richard Gere is not the sexiest man alive, in my book.”
“If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'.”
“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.”
“I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old.”
“I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties.”
“I don't have a director's mind.”
“Remember, I'm the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I've never felt like I'm a big star at any level of my life.”
“I would never give advice, because I would feel very presumptuous.”
“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.”
“It's great concentrating so hard you feel your brain will explode.”
“I don't have any interest in being a movie star.”
“I love getting older. I think it has to do with always being the kid on set.”
“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.”
“I've been embracing aging. I always have, since I was a kid. When you're the kid on the set for so long, you just, like, daydream about being older.”
“The 1980s was the era of the blonde cheerleader.”
“I don't believe I am influencing anybody but myself.”
“It was hard to find that transition to adult roles.”
“I'm not into wrinkles.”
“You can't pay enough money to... cure that feeling of being broken and confused.”