Winona Ryder Knows How To Give An Interview
I have always been on the fence with Winona Ryder. If it is the right role she can absolutely be an incredible actress, but at the same time I think she phones in a lot of roles as well and then she will do or say something and I will be off her bandwagon. Right now I am back on her bandwagon and may even watch Heathers tonight. She gave an interview to Elle this month, and for once I really can't find anything bad to say about any of her quotes that I have read. She seems to have her act together. I also didn't realize she was 37, and so maybe that has something to do with having her act together. Although, in Hollywood, age doesn't always equal maturity. Hello Pamela Anderson.
She talks about her breakup with Johnny Depp when she was 19.
"I had just done Dracula and Edward Scissorhands. I had just had my first real break-up, the first heartbreak. And I think it was really ironic because, like, everybody else just thought I had everything in the world, you know, I had no reason to be depressed, everything was sort of at its peak, but inside I was completely lost. I remember feeling, 'I can't complain about anything, because I'm so lucky, I'm so lucky.' After that I realized I needed to take time off more [regularly]."
She was 19 and thought she was going to be with someone forever and was at the top of the world, and then wham. I mean she was 19 and I know this interview is looking at things in retrospect, but it seems very open and honest. I like how Elle got the director of her new movie to do the interview. I think because she had that trust with the director, she gave a better interview than she would have with a reporter.
She also says very nice things about Kate Winslet so that gains some serious points in my book.
"During the Oscars, I was thinking about how she totally has that thing, she has her family and children and life and she seems really together and solid – and yet she can completely devastate you on the screen."
I'm not even going to complain about Elle putting an actress on the cover instead of a model. Wow, I must be drunk.
I hope she has her act together. I have always enjoyed her movies.
ReplyDeleteWell, after all she is an actress as opposed to being a reality tv celebrity. Actors used to be coached on interviewing skills. I am happy to have the opportunity to read an interview from a real actress.
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I miss the good ole days when we only focused on and gossiped about actors.
A lot of other actresses look unnatural when they "model" (I'm talking to you Ginnifer Goodwin) I think Winona can pull off a good shoot. Back in the day she did a great one for Rolling Stone IMO.
ReplyDeletei watched Heathers again last week.
ReplyDeletelove that movie
does anyone know if winona ever dated 'my' keanu? if so, what did she have to say about him?
ReplyDeleteWhen I first looked at the pic, I thought she had some serious underarm hair going on.
ReplyDeleteQuint, i dunno if they ever dated but i read an interview with Keanu, Winona and Richard Linklater after they did A Scanner Darkly where she goes on and on and on about how frustrated she was that they didn't get to make out and how much she loves him blah, blah, blah....
ReplyDeleteI loved Winona & Johnny as a couple.
ReplyDeleteI HAVE ALWAYS LOVED HER...FIRSTLY SHE'S SOO BEAUTIFUL..THAT SHOPLIFTING THING WAS SO CRUEL...COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED BETTER...IT'S TAKEN HER A LONG TIME TO GET BACK ON TRACK, AND I HOPE SHE REALLY IS...
ReplyDeleteI'LL TAKE HER OVER GOOPY ANY DAY...
AND SHE AND JOHNNY WERE REALLY A PAIR..
notonmydollar-totally agree that it's refreshing to read the interview of a 'real' actress. It's like they're a dying breed, and it only just occurred to me now that she is one of the few.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I've never been a huge fan, although 'Heathers' was irrefutably great. Maybe it's because of her 'phoned in' performances, as per Enty, but it got to be that every movie she did, she was the same character. I'm rooting for her, though. She clearly had some issues and deserves a chance to redeem herself. Looking forward to her taking the movies away from the lesser breed.
yeah she's great. except for that being a thief and lying about it (saying she was preparing for a film role) part.
ReplyDeleteHate her...always have. She is NOT a good actress. The Family Guy pulls a fantastic spoof of her, though.
ReplyDeleteShe almost ruined the Star Trek movie for me--but they killed her off just in time.
"War, man...like...wow. War."
ReplyDeleteI didn't know she also dated Matt Damon who also dumped her.
ReplyDeletemeh. she's ok. don't love her, don't hate her. whatevs.
ReplyDeleteshe does score points tho, for those nice things she says about kate winslet. now HER i love.
gee, majik, thanks a lot for the spoiler.
ReplyDeleteand i'm serious.
no kidding, please send me my $12 back Majik...and after i talked my vagina into it and everything!
ReplyDeleteCould not care less about her. She has nothing for me. Movin' on.
ReplyDeleteIs this the blind where the actress is too wasted to do interviews. Maybe that's why the director did it.
ReplyDeleteModels are never on the cover of women's magazines anymore. It's always an actress.
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