Winona Ryder Net Worth

Winona Ryder's Quotes

• When asked why is she always playing teenagers, during a press junket for Mermaids (1990): Like, I'm nineteen. What am I supposed to do, play a judge?!
• I read biographies of the greats, and they were so messed up that I thought I'd better mess myself up. But I couldn't. I'm too small.
• For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.
• [on Heathers (1989)] It's a brilliant piece of literature, and I call it literature because it really is. I held it up next to "Catcher in the Rye" and all the great books that I've read.
• I don't feel threatened like Julia Roberts. Pretty Woman (1990) turned her into an overnight celebrity rather than an actress. Now her whole career is about box-office -- if her movies don't break $l00-million. It's not a burden I'd ever want to carry.

Interesting Facts about Winona Ryder

1. Her real hair color is blonde but when she made her first major film Lucas (1986), her hair color was dyed black. She was told to keep it that color and with the exception of Edward Scissorhands (1990), it has stayed that color since.
2. Her December 22, 1999 guest spot on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) was her second-ever appearance on a talk show. She did it to promote Girl, Interrupted (1999), the first film on which she served as executive producer. She clearly had jitters but settled in comfortably. She made her first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986) with Mermaids (1990) co-star Cher.
3. Injured her knee while filming Girl, Interrupted (1999) on March 22, 1999.
4. Has been part of several public polls. In 1996, she was chosen as one of the "Top Players Under 35" list by People magazine. In 1997 she was chosen by People magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" and ranked #42 in Empire magazine's the "Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. She has also ranked #49 on Empire magazine's 100 sexiest movie stars, #7 on VH1's "100 Greatest Teen Stars" (2006) and #183 on the list of VH1 Greatest Pop Culture Icons.
5. Born at 11:00am CDT, in a farmhouse in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
6. She briefly checked herself into a hospital when she was 20, because she was suffering from depression, anxiety attacks and exhaustion, resulting from constantly working on films.
7. Attended and graduated from Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California with a 4.0 GPA (1989).
8. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 6, 2000. She was voted Best Dressed Celebrity of the Week by Entertainment Weekly for the event. Her great friend Anthony Hopkins attended the ceremony.
9. Helped Italian designer Giorgio Armani promote his Manhattan chain of stores.
10. Began work on Girl, Interrupted (1999), which took four more years to succeed to the screen (1996).
11. The role of Nola in Celebrity (1998) was actually written for Drew Barrymore.
12. Although there was no electricity on the commune where they lived, when Winona was seven, her mother began to run an old movie theater in a nearby barn and would screen movies all day. She allowed Winona to miss school to watch movies with her.
13. Independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch wrote a role specifically for her in Night on Earth (1991), as a tattooed, chain-smoking cabdriver who dreams of becoming a mechanic.
14. She dedicated the film Little Women (1994) to Polly Klaas, a young girl from her hometown of Petaluma, California, who was kidnapped and brutally murdered. She offered a $200,000 reward for anyone with information on the subject, and remains a strong supporter of the Polly Klaas Foundation.
15. Auditioned for the role of Marla Singer in Fight Club (1999), which eventually went to Helena Bonham Carter.
16. Beat poet Allen Ginsberg was close friends with her parents.
17. Upset with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for refusing to pre-screen Autumn in New York (2000), saying she was very proud of the film and that the studio was giving it a bad name before it was even released.
18. Refused to do promotion for the horror film Lost Souls (2000).
19. Signed on to "The Girl You Want". After a few weeks of preproduction, she received a new version of the script, which she hated, and tried to get out of her contract. Touchstone Pictures threatened to sue her if she did, and so she completed the film. The film's title was changed to Boys (1996) and sat on the shelf for more than a year. After it finally got its release, it was released in less than 100 theaters in North America and grossed less than five hundred thousand dollars.
20. In late 1999, she started her own music company, Roustabout Studios.