I don't feel threatened like Julia Roberts. Pretty Woman turned her into an overnight celebrity rather than an actress. It's not a burden I'd ever want to carry.
I still don't know what I was doing in that movie. I look at it now and realize I really didn't belong. I'm just this little girl running around. I still practice Buddhism to a certain extent and I believe in karma. My father is an atheist. My mother is Buddhist. They encouraged my siblings and me to take the best part of other religions to make our own belief system. Nobody knows You can't stay away. I'm a San Franciscan to the bone. I love Westerns.
John Ford is one of the 10 best directors. My godfather Timothy Leary coined the phrase "question authority", it is one of my favorites. To question our government is the most important thing people can do right now in the United States.
Had I physically harmed someone or caused harm to a human being, I think it would have been an entirely different experience. What happened was I'd done Mermaids and we were shooting for spring in the coldest winter in Boston's history, and I got an upper respiratory infection. The day I wrapped I had to get on a plane to Italy.
I actually passed out in the costume-fitting. I was just exhausted, and the next thing I knew I was at home with my parents. The film's insurance people said I needed to be in bed for a few weeks. I was heartbroken, but at the same time I was so sick it was a relief.
I felt bad in a way because they were so mean to Sofia [Coppola], who's always been so nice to me. I think that she's the most beautiful, talented, extraordinary actresses ever to grace the screen. I watch her movies over and over. It's kind of like one of those kids how they were with Elvis. I mean, I worship her I met her once, and I was tongue-tied, and palms were sweating There's something about her that I'm sort of in love with.
I just think she's amazing. I'm the happiest I've ever been. I'm not going to turn into Gloria Swanson and sit in my mansion watching my movies, with a crazy cigarette holder I don't know if it's because of my love of books and the pages and the print-there's just so much romance in them-but I hate all these doublespeak abbreviations like "OMG" and "LOL".
I was out at a bar with a friend who said, "Do you realize that in America you're never going to be able to meet a guy who knows nothing about you? Everyone will have preconceived ideas about who you are. I'd never really thought about it that way. 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. I think too much. I think ahead.
I think behind. I think sideways. I think it all. If it exists, I've fucking thought of it. Actually, if you think about it, I don't think I would be an actress if Beetlejuice hadn't come along, because I really wasn't thriving in those auditions. I'd just done a couple things, but I had black hair and was very pale, and that movie led to other things.
So yeah, he gave me a career. I don't know if it's a cold - it's just that my voice was kind of going. But it's back, so I'm actually okay.
In a weird way, I was actually hoping that whatever voice thing I've got could stay so that I could sort of have a Debra Winger thing going on. I've always loved her voice. But it's getting better, so I'm going to sound like me. Looking back - and this is all in retrospect - I did have a lot of success and a lot of great opportunities earlier in my career. But I did also have this thing that was sort of happening in my late twenties where, whether it was because of how I looked or because I started so young, even though I was the right age for things, people didn't think that I was old enough.
I was starting to have some trouble before that. I think a lot of people think that that is what sort of sent me off in another direction, but I was actually starting to have some trouble a few years before. And then there were also a couple of movies that I was going to do, that were all set up, and then, at the last minute, they fell apart And with what happened I was living up in San Francisco and I really needed the time off, which ended up being a couple of years.
In a weird way, it was almost like the best thing that could have happened because I'd never asked myself the question before of, "Is it okay if I'm not going to act? Is there anything else? I have to admit, though, that every time I hear "comeback, blah, blah, blah", it's kind of hard for me. I'm not trying to be super-sensitive at all, but there is a little bit of defensiveness because I do feel like I have contributed.
Even if I'd just made Beetlejuice and Heathers , I put in work. I'm in Brooklyn. I'm actually trying to do the bi-coastal thing now for real. I did it before, but not really. My home is San Francisco - that is definitely what I consider my home. But I have a little place for when I'm in L. He came to visit It's just so hip now.
I remember one time in particular. I was in the middle of auditioning, and I was mid-sentence when the casting director said, "Listen, kid. You should not be an actress. You are not pretty enough. You should go back to wherever you came from and you should go to school.
You don't have it. I was too young to know who he was. I got in trouble because I gave something to his son Sean. I get told all these amazing stories, but at that time, they were just grown-ups.
Now I'm older, I'm like "What!? Because now I have the appreciation. And I was so psyched by that, and I think I secretly like getting older and it's so cool to be in a "old Goldie". I don't know. Maybe people thought that because of [ Johnny Depp ] and I, but we were fine at that point. A post shared by Winona Ryder winonaryderofficial. The following year, Ryder made headlines again when reports leaked that she was in possession of various prescription drugs during her arrest.
She had a total of eight different drugs with her — seven of which were from physicians while one was issued in an alias, Emily Thompson.
The Little Women star's possession of Endocet, the only drug she didn't have an actual prescription for, got her charged with a felony count. But a physician came to the actress' defense saying that he had provided it without prescription. Luckily, Winona Ryder didn't have any criminal record so she wasn't considered a threat to the community.
She was never jailed for theft and vandalism. She did, however, complete hours of community service and was ordered by the court to undergo drug and psychiatric counseling. But many years prior to this lowest point in Ryder's life, she had already opened up about her struggles with mental health issues.
She backed out of Godfather III due to "exhaustion" that was actually indicative of her spiraling into depression.
Everything was sort of at its peak but inside I was completely lost. She eventually moved back to San Francisco where her family was. Share this page:.
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. See more awards ». Known For. Little Women Jo March. Heathers Veronica. Edward Scissorhands Kim. Girl, Interrupted Susanna. Show all Hide all Show by Hide Show Actress 68 credits. People think she wanted to hide, but the real reason is she needed to work on herself.
She says quitting Hollywood saved her life. I think mine were — people might see them as awful — but I learned, and I appreciated the time away. Through it all, Ryder leaned on a few close Hollywood pals , including her Heathers costar and former fling Christian Slater.
To this day, she feels betrayed by them both. These days, things are looking up for the star. After a well-received turn in 's Black Swan , she was cast in for the Netflix sci-fi series Stranger Things , playing a plucky single mom whose son disappears into another dimension.
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