She is a Los Angeles native, just like her character, whom she says she relates to often.
We’re both snarky, and we both value education.
She makes it OK for girls to want to be smart," she toldTeen Voguein 2013.
“You don’t really decide anything at four.
My experience was rotten.”
Shedding the Dunphy identity, Winter has grown new skin in the industry.
Eventually, like all young adults, both Winter and her character Alex had to move on.
While Alex headed off to Switzerland, Winter said her final farewell to her TV family.
“We have been so lucky.”
“And then this opportunity presented itself, and I was like, you know what?
I’m in a season of change, and I’m really trying to heal and grow and evolve.
It’s opened up my world a lot.”
The decision to skip town was because of the lack of privacy in California.
She toldPeoplethat the paparazzi had a habit of invading her personal life.
“I don’t like pictures of me when I haven’t signed up for pictures of me.
I don’t like feeling watched,” she said.
However, Winter still goes back to her home city for industry projects.
Winter has acknowledged that she has other ambitions beyond the camera.
Winter toldAccess Hollywoodthat she sliced the tip of her thumb off while trying a new recipe.
Luckily, Winter’s cooking videos don’t always end in a trip to the ER.
