May 27, 2009, 11:45 GMT
Winona Ryder has revealed she had an "extra-large breakdown" when she was 20.
Salvation Army chic: Winona Ryder - "Star Trek" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals - Grauman's Chinese Theater - Hollywood, CA. USA © Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos
The 37-year-old actress struggled to cope when she was catapulted to worldwide fame following the success of her hit 90s movies 'Dracula' and 'Edward Scissorhands'.
Winona - who was arrested for shoplifting in 2001 - said: "I had just done 'Dracula' and 'Edward Scissorhands'. I had just had my first real break-up, the first heartbreak. And I think it was really ironic because everybody else thought I had everything in the world. I had no reason to be depressed, everything was sort of at its peak, but inside I was completely lost. I remember feeling, 'I can't complain about anything, because I'm so lucky, I'm so lucky' After that I realised I needed to take time off more regularly."
Winona - who dated Johnny Depp - also revealed she was bullied at school because she looked like a "gay boy".
She told Elle magazine: "We only shopped at the Salvation Army, and I would get these three-piece, 1970s little boy suits. I had really short hair and the third day of seventh grade these kids basically jumped me in the hall because they thought I was a gay boy, and they roughed me up. I think when that happened, I kind of went into a movie in my head because I couldn't deal with what was happening.' "
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