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ing, 'I don't want Winona
Horowitz.,"' she told the San
Francisco Examiner in 1994. "You go
way back and it's even a made-up
name. My grandparents came from
Russia and they were meeting a fami-
ly at Ellis Island and had to say they
belonged to them -- the
Horowitzes."
Though she says her mother is
now a practicing Buddhist, the dewy-
faced 28-year-old has maintained
some ties to her Jewish heritage. She
recently told Vogue magazine that she
is "obsessed with World War II" and
says that because of her relatives'
experiences in Nazi death camps, she
harbors an inordinate fear of being
separated from her family.
She counts the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum among
the many charities she has supported
and even earned a Grammy nod for
her reading of Anne Frank: The Diary
ofa Young Girl. She recently teamed
up with Leonardo DiCaprio to nar-
rate Survivors.- Testimonies of the
Holocaust, a new interactive CD-
ROM geared to high-school students.
Best known for playing distraught
teens, Ryder has also tackled more
meaty roles, like the headstrong Jo
March in 1994's Little Women, a part
that garnered her an Oscar nomina-
tion for Best Actress. The year prior,
she earned a nomination for Best
Supporting Actress in Martin
Scorcese's The Age`of nnocence.
Ryder has turned down countless
offers for Audrey Hepburn remakes,
carefully choosing instead roles in
such films as The Crucible, Looking
for Richard, How to Make an
American Quilt, The House of the
Spirits, Edward Scissorhaar and
Beetkjuke.
Ryder next will appear in Lost
Souls, cinematographer Janusz
Karninski's directorial debut, and
Autumn in New York, a romantic
comedy with Richard Gere.
In Girl Interrupted, her character
struggles to leave girlhood behind,
something that Ryder, "at long last,
has done as an actress," proclaimed
Entertainment Weekly in a highly
favorable review of the film. In the
last year alone, she has optioned four
novels for film, and is currently devel-
oping them with plans to star.
"I will never get more famous than
I am," she said in Vogue. "Everyone
knows me, but it's mellow because I
was never in an overnight-success
movie. I appreciate that." ❑

bilitate, and she wanted to repay the
favor. Her executive producer's credit
on Girl, Interrupted is no meaningless
label. Ryder earned it through five
years of championing the movie
behind the scenes, in an effort not
only to get it made, but also to get it
made right.
Her perseverance ultimately paid
off with a skilled director in James
Mangold, and a stellar supporting cast
that includes Angelina Jolie, Whoopi
Goldberg and Vanessa Redgrave.
Naturally, Ryder plays Susanna.
Ryder was especially thrilled when
Goldberg was cast for the film, having
been a longtime admirer of her dra-
matic work. But that deep respect
caused a bit of a problem when it
came time for their most confronta-
tional scene.
"Whoopi was coaxing me, and she
wanted me to upset her in that scene,"
recalls Ryder. "But I couldn't. She was
trying to get me to say racist things I
could not get out of my mouth. I've
done so much as an actress. I've shot a
gun, fought aliens and done absurd
things in my career, but I could not
say those words. I loved her so much,
and I'm happy to say that I don't have
any of that in me."
Her commitment to honesty in her
work is one of the reasons Ryder lives
in San Francisco. Aside from being
closer to the Northern California town
of Petaluma, where she grew up with
her "intellectual beatnik" parents, she
says staying away from Los Angeles
helps her remain grounded and have a
more normal life. Ryder finds it amus-
ing how some other actors will keep
themselves secluded, and then attempt
to portray situations they've never
experienced.
And does her home outside the
flashbulb range of most tabloid
reporters also allow Ryder more free-
dom in her personal life? Ryder smiles
coyly and won't confirm or deny
reports that she's happily in love with
actor Matt Damon. But she does
allow that a romance with another
superstar has advantages.
"Dating someone who knows about
my schedule, my priorities and what I
do fora living takes the pressure off,"
concludes Ryder. "I love not having to
explain what I have to do, like pre-
mieres, press junkets, the long hours,
not being able to talk, being away for
three months. Not having to explain
that to someone is nice." ❑

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