A biography for Winona Ryderhasn’t been written yet.
“My home is San Francisco - that is definitely what I consider my home.”
“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.”
“As a teenager, I worked on Indian reservations, and it was such an incredible culture: the elders are so respected.”
“It's equally as important to me to be a good friend and a good sister and a good daughter. I'm very close with my family and friends.”
“I've always been super-private and protective of certain experiences and certain friends.”
“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.”
“It's all about knowing when to listen to that conversation and - without sounding really hokey - when to tune it out and follow your heart.”
“I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.”
“There are certain directors who will start talking to you about something, and suddenly you'll be ready to roll, and you'll realize it was very specific.”
“I remember a lot of conversations where I was constantly hearing, 'You've gotta do this movie so you can do that movie. You've gotta make a big movie so you can make a small movie.' But I can't act like that.”
“It's interesting because, even with 'Beetlejuice,' I was an awkward kid. I started at puberty and went through it on film. Lydia was one of my favorite roles because I related to her a lot.”
“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.”
“I'm part of the crew obsessed with 'The Wire.' Like, I'm not over that yet.”
“You try to get out there and live. I've always had good friends who've been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I've never felt attached to the film industry.”
“I'd rather never have been married than been divorced a few times. Not that there's anything wrong with divorce, but I don't think I could do it if that was a possibility.”
“I'm not interested in playing the girl that's just there to make the guy, you know, give him a talking to.”
“It's really good to be able to think about past loves without having a pit in my stomach, or cringing or feeling heart-broken, or like they hate you. Don't you think?”
“On the set for 'Beetlejuice,' it was before people would go watch on monitors, and directors would be next to the camera.”
“I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.”
“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.”