Winona Ryder talks about rocky early life
Winona Ryder’s long and winding life of drama (long before the shoplifting fun in 2001) included an “extra-large breakdown” when she was 20.
The actress, 37, said she had difficulty coping when she launched to Hollywood’s A-list after hits like “Edward Scissorhands” and “Dracula.”
“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 everybody else thought I had everything in the world. 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 realised I needed to take time off more regularly,” said Ryder.
Her trouble in life included being teased at school because she looked like a “gay boy.”
She told Elle magazine: “We only shopped at the Salvation Army, and I would get these three-piece, 1970s little boy suits. I had really short hair and the third day of seventh grade these kids basically jumped me in the hall because they thought I was a gay boy, and they roughed me up. I think when that happened, I kind of went into a movie in my head because I couldn’t deal with what was happening.’”
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