Winona Speaks Out

Winona Ryder is finally speaking out after a self-imposed exile. The actress, who was arrested for shoplifting in December 2001, opens up in the August issue of Vogue magazine.

Ryder claimed that her crime wasn't that bad, because "I hadn't hurt anyone. Had I physically harmed someone or caused harm to a human being, I think it would have been an entirely different experience."

Instead, she only regrets the publicity. "The attention was what was embarrassing," Ryder said, lamenting that news of her arrest at one point topped stories about Osama Bin Laden's capture. "I never said a word. I didn't release a statement. I didn't do anything. I just waited for it to be over."

After being charged with grand theft, Ryder moved to San Francisco to be near her parents and "made a very conscious decision not to work."

But now that she has come clean about her arrest, Ryder is back in the acting game. She has three new movies due out this year, "The Ten," "Sex and Death 101," and "The Last Word."

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