top of page
.png){kind=small}
"I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Growing up quotes
"Well I had my kids so young that I kind of feel that I'm a kid too and am growing up with them. The things they're interested in tend to really influence me."
"We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up."
"You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up."
"I haven't had a lot of celebrities around me growing up."
"Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up."
"I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government!"
"My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up."
"L.A. Woman is amazing, but when I was growing up I was into the Who."
"Chick Corea was a great influence on me, musically, as I was growing up."
"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."
Explore more quotes by Winona Ryder
"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?"
"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."
"There was a time when I was 19 when I really, really, really thought I was going crazy. I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression."
"I'm not into older guys. To tell you the truth, Richard Gere is not the sexiest man alive, in my book."
"My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends."
"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."
"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."
"If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'."
"I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time."
bottom of page