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Ryan's Hope
Playing perky may have made her a star, but Meg Ryan discovered that the perks ended when her life became complicated and real. By Judy Bachrach
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ll along you think everyone's rooting for you," Meg Ryan says wonderingly, shaking her head over the naif she once was. "To be the best version of yourself-you know? To feel good about yourself!" A wan smile. "I haven't found that to be very true. I found people actually root against you. Not everyone, and I'm not saying this in any kind of bitter way. It's just a discovery. To go-Wow!-there's a lot of people lying in wait. I've taken to calling it 'shrinking to fit.' You know, people ...