Winona Ryder has taken a step back from Hollywood, says Steven Mooallem
in "Interview". She's been in the movies since she was 15, and in the
1990's her roles in "Heathers", "Edward Scissorhands" and "The Age of
Innocence" made her one of the most admired actors in show business. But
after her widely publicized 2001 arrest for shoplifting, Ryder stopped
taking major film roles. "It wasn't like a breakdown, but I had to just
stop and take care of myself. I was struggling," she says. "I never went
out. I was terrified and exhausted. I approached work very seriously,
and it just got to be too much for me. I just felt like I really wanted
to hold on to who I was and try to have as much a normal life as I
could." Today Ryder, 37, focuses on smaller, more independant films,
writes almost daily, and avoids places where the paparazzi gather. She
worries about young actresses intoxicated with early success. "I know
how they're feeling. They think it's going to be like this forever, so
they're not being more careful. But I've been doing this for a
quarter-century now. I remember when so many people were the No. 1 star
at the box office. And I've also seen so many people crash and burn."
----- End of the article.------- I hope if Winona does ever get an
offer for a major film role she will do the movie. I really miss going
to a theater and seeing a new Winona Ryder movie. But from the way this
article reads that's going to be a thing of the past. ----- :) Rusty
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