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Post by ilovewinona on Mar 25, 2009 6:57:40 GMT -5
Continuing "No Easy Ryder" ----- Just two hours before an interview in her Four Seasons hotel suite in Los Angeles she showed no evidence of being sick as she moved from room to room, speaking with groups of journalists. All the while, she "acted" healthy, and no journalist was the wiser. But later, in the comfort of her own suite, she could no longer keep up the act. The morning sessions had taken their toll, and she was feeling sick enough to start coughing violently. "Please excuse my phlegm," the actress said as she grabbed for another tissue. "I'm not contagious; I promise". ----- Rusty
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Post by Jay on Mar 25, 2009 7:20:02 GMT -5
Some of the finer young actresses are mentioned in that post about the new "Winonas". Thirlby was fantastic in "The Wackness" (catch Ben Kingsley as the drugged-out psychiatrist), Kat Dennings has the look too.
I have even seen reference to "Reality Bites" in popular writings today given the economy and the job market.
Great find, Imayne. Who doesn't love the cute brunettes du jour?
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Post by ilovewinona on Mar 28, 2009 5:11:01 GMT -5
I'll check out "The Wackness" when it comes out on DVD, Jay. You mentioned Ben Kingsley is in the movie, he's a great actor. --------- Now some more of "No Easy Ryder" ----- Her phlegm was excused, but watching her sit on the edge of a sofa, hunched over trying to clear the congestion in her chest, she suddendly looked very frail. This would not be the first time someone thought about Ryder. With her thin frame and porcelain skin, she is often described as looking frail. "This whole idea of me being really frail is kind of funny to me," she said after her cough subsided. "I guess it's because of my size, but I don't think of myself as frail. My family gets a kick out of it when people describe me that way. I am not frail, and I'm going to tell you something that I don't believe that I've ever talked about in public. People don't know this about me, but I used to be a pretty good skateboarder. I'm talking real good, like I almost turned professional. I was a member of a skateboarding team in the Bay area, and we traveled around the state for competitions." ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Mar 29, 2009 7:01:06 GMT -5
"I had to give it up when I was around 16 because studios began forcing me to sign waivers, promising I wouldn't do anything dangerous. It was a hard choice, but I gave up skateboarding to be an actress. I'm fine with that now, but the idea that I'm frail or fragile is silly." ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Mar 31, 2009 5:10:13 GMT -5
Which brings us, of course, to her role in "Girl Interrupted". ----- Based on the memoirs of Susanna Kaysen, who at 17 was institutionalized for two years in a New England hospital with "borderline personality disorder" the film treads on familiar territory for Ryder. The experience of playing Kaysen in the film triggered unpleasant memories for Ryder, who said she committed herself to a California hospital for five days when she was 19. Although already a rising star at that point (she made "Heathers" when she was 16), Ryder said she was suffering from exhaustion and anxiety attacks. "It was mainly exhaustion, but the anxiety attacks were getting worse, and I didn't know what to do about them. I needed help, but I certainly didn't find it in the place I went to." ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Apr 3, 2009 17:01:53 GMT -5
"But at that age, you think that grown-ups have all the answers, so you feel that if you go to someplace like that, and pay enough money, they'll give you a pill or the answers to why you're so confused. The answer was simply that I was working way too much, and not sleeping enough. I remember thinking at the time that I wish I was a normal college girl, who only had to worry about her grades. Then I realized that normal college girls were thinking that their problems would be solved if only they were big movie stars." ----- Rusty ----- Jay "The Wackness" is one strange movie and Ben Kingsley was great. I bought the movie at Wal-Mart last night. -----
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Post by ilovewinona on Apr 5, 2009 5:18:54 GMT -5
"The bottom line is that all girls have pressures. Once I understood tha I was just a human being, having the same problems as other human beings. I was OK. But I didn't learn that in the hospital. That's why I left after only five days. I was as bad as when I left as when I went in." Ryder, 28, starting talking about this hospitalization only recently, while publicizing the new movie. She said she was afraid to open a "big can of worms" by revealing her past but decided that it might help girls in a similar situations. ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Apr 7, 2009 7:51:57 GMT -5
In fact, she said that is one of the main reasons she wanted to do the movie. The book upon which the film is based helped her get over her problems, making her feel that "I wasn't the only girl having these thoughts," and she hopes that the film will do the same for a new generation. "What struck me about the book was its brutal honesty," she explained. "Of course I identified with her. I don't think she belonged in an institution. She saw a psychiatrist for 20 minutes and they locked her up for a couple of years. ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Apr 10, 2009 4:54:29 GMT -5
"There was nothing wrong with Susanna. She was a normal girl with normal girl problems. I want other young girls to get this message --- that everybody goes through rough times, but it doesn't mean you have to be locked up." ----- Ryder said she was so enamored of the book that she tried to secure the movie rights, but producer Douglas Wick already owned them. Wick said his life "got a lot easier" when Ryder expressed interest in starring in the film. ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Apr 12, 2009 4:57:26 GMT -5
The actress became one of the executive producers on the film, and hand-picked director James Mangold ("Heavy", "Copland"). Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg and Vanessa Redgrave co-star in the film. "I was impressed with her urgency to see it made," Mangold said of Ryder. "I felt like I had been given a gift." The director likened Ryder to silent film star Lillian Gish, in both her exquisite beauty and her ability to tell a story with just facial expressions. "She is really unique among modern actresses," he said. "She is a true movie actress in the grand sense of the word. She has an incredibly intimate relationship with the camera lens." ----- Rusty
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Post by Charles on Apr 12, 2009 10:55:19 GMT -5
What a lovely sentiment . . .
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Post by ilovewinona on Apr 13, 2009 7:20:03 GMT -5
What a lovely sentiment . . . ----- Yes it is a great quote. ----- Later, Ryder was told of his comments. "I've heard him say that silent-film thing before, and I think he just doesn't like the sound of my voice, Maybe he wants me to shut up." ------ SIDEWALKING SURFING TO HOLLYWOOD ----- Although born in Minnesota (she is named for her hometown of Winona, Minn.), she lived most of her early life in San Francisco, except for four years when the family lived in Petaluma, the self-styled chicken and arm-wrestling capital of the world. ----- She began taking acting lessons at 12 and was discovered at 13 in a theater production, which led to her first film role in the 1986 coming-of-age movie "Lucas". ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Apr 14, 2009 5:24:07 GMT -5
Ryder, whose boyfriend is actor Matt Damon, has made 23 films and was nominated for a best actress Oscar for "Little Women", and a best supporting Oscar for "The Age of Innocence". But it was "Heathers" that established her as a rising star in Hollywood. "My agents at the time told me flat-out that my career was over if I took that role", she said. "They are no longer my agents. I feel a sense of pride whenever that film comes on TV. It's a classic". ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Apr 15, 2009 3:55:38 GMT -5
"I feel pride whenever most of my films come on TV. I'm proud of the choices I've made. I wanted a career that had integrity. Of course, all young actresses want that. But along the way, they start to see that films with integrity are not where the money lies. The money lies in doing lousier work. I'm in this for the long haul, and I can't do those kinds of films. I've offered them, but that's not the career I want." ------- That's all of "No Easy Ryder" ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Apr 16, 2009 5:30:56 GMT -5
Now from November 9, 1999 ----- "Jolie and Ryder Vying for "Spider"? ------- Ready for a little leading lady do-si-do? Ashley Judd, having graduated to better things with "Double Jeopardy", reportedly won't be doing "Along Came A Spider", the sequel to her breakout hit "Kiss the Girls". Instead, the lovely Judd is said to be interested in moving on up with the "Basic Instinct" sequel, now that Sharon Stone's passed on it. ----- Rusty
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