A breakout 90s star, she quickly became one of Hollywood's most sought after actors. But her career once almost ended due to a scandal ...
This is the story of Winona Ryder.
This is the story of Winona Ryder.
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00:00Growing up with the millions of people watching you, I mean, in movies, you either have to
00:24get over it or you're just gonna die.
00:27I was very quiet. I actually didn't, I didn't go to school much. I was a tomboy. I was obsessed with movies. I was kind of, it's hard for me to look back.
00:57He really made me think, God, if this is what movie making is like, then I really want to stick with it, you know? He was great.
01:27I feel like Tim Burton kind of gave me a career with Beetlejuice because I don't know if Hollywood would have known what the hell to do with me.
01:35I'm 19. I was having some tough times and I was exhausted.
02:01And so I was able to afford to check myself into a place for exhaustion. But it was actually, it was for exhaustion, but it was a psychiatric ward. But I only stayed a couple days.
02:16I really don't look for anything. I just wait till it hits me. And if it hits me, then I'll do it. If it doesn't, I won't.
02:46I love watching award shows at home and I never really pictured myself, I mean, I love acting, but I never pictured myself being, participating in them as a nominee or certainly a winner. So I, it's just so weird.
03:16Your decisions and conduct from then and now.
03:46And from today's date in large part are going to define your public reputation and image and possibly your future freedom.
03:57A sentence fashioned today will ensure that if you steal again, you will go to jail.
04:17I think when we're younger, we think the lead, you know, it has to be the lead and we can't do support. It's a very weird thing because it's actually the supporting roles are always the better roles, it seems like.
04:46I actually had seen none of her movies before I got on the show, but when I got on the show and I met her, I knew it was just going to be amazing because she, she always looked out for me. She always took care of me.
05:16It was a, a genre I never had done and it was a role that I had never done. It's important as, as for an actress to just not be repeating yourself all the time.