To do what I do, I have to remain open," she says, arguing that those terms - sensitive, vulnerable - are often used as shorthand for weakness. "There's a line in the show where someone says [of her Stranger Things character], 'She's had anxiety problems in the past.' And I think by doing that, maybe coupled with my physical size, there's this 'crazy' thing. She's experiencing a career renaissance thanks to her star turn in the Netflix sci-fi drama Stranger Things, but Winona Ryder is keenly aware of the public perceptions that have hampered her in the past. A lot of people have picked up on that, like, 'Oh, you know, she's crazy.'

Source: New Zealand Herald August 09, 2016 05:05 UTC