Winona Ryder's parents were "very wary of Hollywood".
Winona Ryder found fame at an early age
The 52-year-old actress shot to stardom in the late 80s - but Winona's parents were always suspicious of the movie business.
Winona told AnOther Magazine: "I couldn’t work if it coincided with school. My parents - who are just my best friends - were very wary of Hollywood. They associated it with Judy Garland’s tragedy, and we never relocated there.
"That turned out to be such a gift, because I knew a lot of kids who did bear that. They relocated and were supporting their whole family, and it didn’t turn out so great. I knew a lot of kids who got burnout."
Winona now feels that she found fame at an "interesting" moment in time.
The 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' star said: "I think I came along at an interesting time.
"In the 70s there was this revolution in film but then it’s like they found this formula in the mid-80s in American films, whether it was Rambo or John Hughes, where you’re the kid sister or you’re the daughter. There were girls or there were women. That’s a big reason I wanted to make films like 'Heathers' or 'Little Women' - because we didn’t have a lot of that adolescent time, in film or literature. Men did. Men had 'Lord of the Flies' and Holden Caulfield."
Meanwhile, Jenna Ortega recently revealed that she relished being able to lean on Winona - her 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' co-star - for advice about dealing with fame.
The 21-year-old actress told MTV: "I'm very grateful to be where I am and she had kind of a similar thing to say.
"It was just so nice to speak to someone who actually understood me because ... you know, you can turn to your family who loves and supports you, but they don't know. You know?
"It was really insightful and opening - and that was definitely one of the things we connected on."
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