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  • - Hi, I'm Winona Ryder

  • and I'm gonna answer some trivia questions about myself.

  • Let's see how I do.

  • Where was I born?

  • I was born in a farmhouse in Winona, Minnesota.

  • (bell dings) That's true.

  • And I was what they called a shoelace baby.

  • I was a little early and back in '71.

  • What you did is you boiled a shoelace

  • to tie off the umbilical cord.

  • So that's some trivia.

  • Not a lot of people know that.

  • When is my birthday?

  • October 29th, 1971.

  • (bell dings) I have

  • the same birthday as Fanny Bryce and Kate Jackson,

  • according to the almanac I grew up with.

  • What did I want to be when I was younger?

  • I think I wanted to be a writer

  • because that's, my parents are writers,

  • and they're incredible writers,

  • and so I wanted to be like them

  • and I loved to read.

  • And so I think that was sort of

  • what I was hoping to do. - [Interviewer] Winona,

  • you know, the internet says

  • that you wanted to be a competitive skateboarder.

  • (buzzer) - Oh, well,

  • I did go through that stage.

  • I definitely, I was on a skate team, believe it or not.

  • I knew that I didn't have what it took

  • to skate professionally, but I was in that scene

  • and I did see some of the great skaters,

  • meaning I was in the same auditorium as them.

  • According to IMDB, how many roles have I had?

  • I have no idea.

  • Do they count everything?

  • Oh God, I don't know.

  • (buzzer) 68, Wow.

  • How many times have I worked with Tim Burton?

  • "Beetlejuice", "Edward Scissorhands",

  • "Frankenweenie", help me out guys.

  • I did a video with him, for the band, "The Killers".

  • Am I missing something really big?

  • (bell dings)

  • It's an absolute dream.

  • He's just one of my favorite people.

  • And I also credit him with giving me a career.

  • He's just the best.

  • I loved him.

  • What year was I nominated for a Grammy?

  • Oh, I know this.

  • I was nominated for reading "Anne Frank", a book,

  • the unabridged "Anne Frank" book on tape.

  • And I'm like, they have to give it to me.

  • I mean, I'm, it wasn't televised.

  • It wasn't the televised part of the Grammys,

  • and I wasn't even invited, but I was sure I was gonna win.

  • I thought I was a shoe-in and I was like, that is so cool.

  • I could be like a Grammy winner, and I lost

  • to Patrick Stewart, reading "Little Red Riding Hood".

  • He robbed me of my Grammy.

  • Damn you, Patrick. (laughs)

  • - [Interviewer] Wait, what year was it though?

  • - Oh, what year was it?

  • Oh, that was the question.

  • Oh shoot, I was, sorry.

  • Oh, I don't know, the nineties.

  • (buzzer)

  • Oh, okay, I still have a big chip on my shoulder about that.

  • How many times have I played a character named Charlotte?

  • "Mermaids", Charlotte again in another movie that I don't,

  • nobody saw. (buzzer)

  • - [Interviewer] So Charlotte in "Mermaids".

  • Charlotte in "Autumn in New York".

  • - Oh!

  • Yes. - And then Charlotte

  • in "The Last Word".

  • - I just woke up really, so I'm, I, three times.

  • Yeah, that's a great name.

  • Oh, how many times do I say Will

  • in "Stranger Things" season one?

  • I'm sorry, I am just failing this test, right?

  • I, I have no idea.

  • It was a lot.

  • And I think it probably drove some people crazy.

  • Is there a person that counts these things?

  • Who, who is the person that counts

  • how many times I say "Will"?

  • (buzzer) Every scene, probably.

  • - [Interviewer] Our records says 22.

  • - Oh, that's nothing.

  • That could have been like, he was,

  • we were a regular family and he wasn't missing,

  • and I would've said it that many times, right?

  • Like, I thought it was gonna be like hundreds or something.

  • But I think I compensated with the, "Where is my boy?"

  • "Where is my son?"

  • How many times have I sung in a movie?

  • I did sing a song in "Frankenweenie"

  • as like a nine year old girl with not a great voice.

  • That was the only time,

  • like, I recorded a song with Danny Elfman.

  • And so are we talking about like

  • sung along to stuff in movies?

  • - [Interviewer] How many times you actually sang out loud

  • and can hear you.

  • - Oh,

  • oh my gosh.

  • Well "Beetlejuice",

  • no, but I'm mouthing "shake shake shake senora."

  • "The 10" I do.

  • You missed it, ha ha,

  • We did a whole like musical number.

  • I had to go to a recording studio and sing.

  • It was like a ridiculous song.

  • I sing like a hymn in "Square Dance".

  • - [Interviewer] It's "Girl, Interrupted" and "Little Women".

  • - Oh yes. (buzzer)

  • "Downtown", "Girl Interrupted."

  • Duh, 'cause I had to learn that on guitar.

  • And then I was really upset because they didn't,

  • you didn't see my fingers doing the right chords.

  • How many movies have I done with Keanu Reeves?

  • Four, (bell dings)

  • and hopefully many more.

  • We did get married, you know, on "Dracula."

  • It was on Valentine's Day

  • and it was a real priest and he pronounced us

  • man and wife and we kissed, and I think that's like,

  • in some way that is official.

  • How many movies have I had blonde hair in?

  • Well "Edward Scissorhands", obviously.

  • Deeds, "Mr. Deeds, Yeah.

  • They put some like (bell dings)

  • clips in and I lightened my hair.

  • Well I was a blonde kid.

  • My hair isn't as dark as people think.

  • I just have always like had it dark.

  • It just kind of stuck.

  • In the "Heathers" movie poster,

  • what color skirt am I wearing?

  • Blue. (bell dings)

  • I love that movie.

  • Love that movie and yeah, I'm wearing a blue skirt

  • and like a black top and I'm like reaching for Christian.

  • Ooh, which side of my face is featured

  • in the movie poster for "Girl, Interrupted"?

  • Okay, is this if you're looking at it

  • or if you're the poster.

  • - [Interviewer] This is if you're the poster.

  • I think it's this side.

  • (buzzer)

  • My left side.

  • If you're the poster.

  • Yeah, that is my right side.

  • That picture was taken of me

  • by one of my best friends, Suzanne Tenner,

  • who was also the still photographer on the movie

  • and a lot of amazing movies.

  • And that picture was taken of me while I was

  • when I was like much younger.

  • Wasn't actually from the movie.

  • Where was this red carpet look?

  • This was at the Golden Globes.

  • (bell dings) The early nineties.

  • I was there for "Age of Innocence"

  • and I'd never been and I just went and I bought that dress.

  • I didn't know like that it how fancy it was.

  • Where was this red carpet look?

  • Okay.

  • This was for an, I think it was like an AFI event

  • honoring Scorsese, (bell dings)

  • and it was such a beautiful dress.

  • I still have it.

  • And it was like one of the first times I wore a color,

  • 'cause if you'll notice I wear black a lot.

  • Which look did I wear once in 1991

  • and again in 2016 for the "Paterson" premiere.

  • Oh, well first of all, yes it's my Tom Waits t-shirt.

  • (bell dings)

  • I babysat Tom's kids when he was doing a play

  • and he came home and he didn't have cash

  • and he gave me this t-shirt.

  • I'm like, that is plenty.

  • My Lord and Master.

  • I love him so much.

  • So I wore that shirt all the time

  • but I did wear it to the premiere of "The Commitments."

  • Then I wore the same t-shirt to the "Paterson" premiere

  • and I almost wore it yesterday.

  • Thanks for watching.

  • You can catch season four of "Stranger things" on Netflix.

- Hi, I'm Winona Ryder

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