Winona Ryder Is Scared Of The Internet, Hates Her iPhone (VIDEO)

"I don't use the Internet," Winona Ryder told Elle magazine in December.

On Monday's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the Heathers star explained that she has used the Internet in the past. But now, her own fears keep her off the net.

"[T]he Googling was very terrifying to me," Ryder said, "because I have this fear that I'm going to be trying to find out what movie is playing at what theater, and then I'm suddenly going to be a member Al Qaeda. [...] We're a button away from joining Al Qaeda. [...] You have to be careful."

Ryder share similar sentiments with musician John Mellencamp, who said in August, "I think the Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb."

Ryder, however, doesn't eschew all forms technology. "I just got an iPhone," she told a surprised Fallon. However, she admitted that she doesn't like the touch screen, and she loathes auto-correct because "it makes up words [...] that you're not trying to spell."

Check out the full clip (below) and share your thoughts in the comments. Is Ryder being paranoid about the dangers of the Internet? Or is she on to something, perhaps?

WATCH: [via Late Night With Jimmy Fallon]

Comments

[Dan Shane]

01:56 PM on 01/14/2011

Come on, Wynona. Its the internet, not a shoplifting security camera. Yet.

[liltruthie]

09:33 AM on 01/14/2011

This annoys me no end! Never mind her technophobia. Catharine Smith, why in the world would you site her as simply "the Heathers star"? She's in Black Swan RIGHT NOW. Not to mention, she was in Girl Interrupted with Angelina Jolie for heaven's sake…you know…the won Jolie won the Oscar for?! She's clearly not such a technophobe that she's not TRYING technology…just a wee bit worried about it. And honestly, you'd be a fool not to be.
Have we forgotten so quickly Bush and his ties with AT&T and the NSA surveillance controversy? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_controversy

[ethiopia1a]

08:49 AM on 01/14/2011

hide your kids hide your husbands Winona .....

[jessivehadit]

02:17 AM on 01/14/2011

Hahaha. It's a good thing you made Beetlejuice.

[JhNyc]

11:32 PM on 01/13/2011

Doubtful a wrong keystroke will get you into Al Qaeda, but there is probably an app for it.

[KarateKid]

09:36 PM on 01/13/2011

She should stick to _shoplifting.

[twigtrigtrack]

05:14 PM on 01/13/2011

Winona, there's great shopping on the intertubes...no need to shoplift

[Illimitable]

02:14 PM on 01/13/2011

Isn't she kind of young to be old and crotchety?

[noob1]

01:25 PM on 01/13/2011

Winona Ryder "I don't use the Internet"
Internet, "Whatever, eh?"

[jsgaetano]

01:23 PM on 01/13/2011

Well, the far right in the US is more Hutaree than Al Qaeda, but they're all part of one big happy Bush Crime Family anyway.

[AmigaMan]

01:11 PM on 01/13/2011

Wow. Just wow.

[SpeakupNation]

10:43 AM on 01/13/2011

...and just a a button away from a shoplifting conviction. Very beautiful and talented actress . But flaky....

[Jesse Burnette]

10:16 AM on 01/13/2011

If she was more tech savvy, she'd know that you can turn auto-complete off.

[iamvalid]

07:57 AM on 01/13/2011

Damn you NEA / AFT.

[Flying Dutchman]

07:14 AM on 01/13/2011

I think her statement can be seen as an indicator of a declining educational system.

[boehnerstan]

12:27 PM on 01/13/2011

Actually, the vast majority of posts from screen junkies are an indicator of the declining educational system.