Winona Ryder

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

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

“I was watching TV, and there was this oldies-but-goodies film fest, and 'Lucas' came on. I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm an oldie!'”

“When your parents are madly in love for 45 years, your standards are really high.”

“The description of my character in the first few movies I did was always 'nerdy,' but I liked that; it was way more interesting.”

“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 fe...”

“I'm just coming from a more personal - and, I guess, more nostalgic - point of view.”

“I'm not into older guys. To tell you the truth, Richard Gere is not the sexiest man alive, in my book.”

“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 th...”

“I remember when I was about 18, Sean Penn made a bet with me. He had just directed his first movie, and he's like, 'By the time you're 30, I will bet you $500 that you'll be sick of acting.'...”

“Money doesn't matter on a deeply personal level. It doesn't make you feel any happier. But of course I am very aware that I don't have to worry about earning a living or about those very imp...”

“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?”

“I would never give advice, because I would feel very presumptuous.”

“People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they - at least the ones that I know personally - have been waiting for something that doesn't completely insult them.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I was fired from a movie because I did 'Heathers!' I was cast in a movie, and the director saw an advance screening and was offended by it and fired me.”

“One of my worst fears is being a self-indulgent person.”

“When I was young, I was the sweetheart of the press. They loved me but were kind of waiting for me to mess up. I had no skeletons in my closet, no major past to talk about.”

“You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.”