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There was baggage, Ryder explained.
Trying to convince someone to ignore the noise around me was tough.
I saw it in their eyes.
Winona Ryder and Kate Winslet in ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage / Focus features/courtesy Everett Collection
I lost a lot of parts because of that.
Im not in any way complaining, she said.
But there was this whole time whenIfelt like I would be a distraction, as well.
Certainly, in the 1990s, I became aware of that.
And there was a switching-of-the-guard feeling, too.
As you get older there are these new, younger actresses.
Its so drilled into you how disposable actresses can be, our shelf life.
You hear it all the time.
She added, Things were changing.
Studios were getting so much more powerful.
It was like you were under this weird threat all the time, which felt like so much pressure.
And all you ever heard was, if you take a break, you cant come back.
That was drilled into you.
