Debra Winger Quotes

Never say never, but the thought of electively cutting oneself is beyond my grasp, and I also object to it politically. Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care to make.

I push for what I think can be the best, and if I feel they're not going for the best, it kills me.

It's inconceivable to some people that that wouldn't be the sexiest thing to do in the whole world: to be a movie star, and make money, and be pampered, and whatever.

The sexiest thing in the world is to be totally naked with your wedding band on.

Granted there are only seven stories in the universe. And I agree with that. But give me a great variation of those stories. And literate.

I will walk out on a scene if it's all lit and ready to go but it's not happening.

I do not need a lot of money to be happy.

I always loved working as an actress, but I didn't understand why I couldn't just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working.

I started out in stand-up when I was 18, which is really masochistic, and I did it really till I started going in movies. I did it for about three years out in LA.

I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam.

I don't think it is worth trying to look 10 years younger through surgery.

It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.

But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual - normally, I'm the queen of worry.

My grandmother gave birth to 13 children and I come from a long line of women who gave birth in their 40s.

Bad acting is the ultimate inconsideration.

When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with.

You see people on TV flying in to places just to pick up a baby, or brush some flies away. That's great if they can bring that issue to public attention. But that's not what I wanted to do. I was interested in committing to something that I could function in whether I was Debra Winger or not. Because nobody might care about that next week.

I have enjoyed a wonderful run in films, so far, and I may, at some point, come back. But it will be in my own time and in my own style.

I was the all-American face. You name it, honey - American Dairy Milk, Metropolitan Life insurance, McDonald's, Burger King. The Face That Didn't Matter - that's what I called my face.

Most bad behaviour comes from insecurity.

I think when it comes to Botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices.

I used to love going on a junket and promoting a film when it was not a 24-hour news cycle, and when there weren't so many media outlets. You could actually talk about the film.

I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up.

I never lost my interest in acting but I did lose my interest in the business and what I had to go through to make a film. I felt saturated, you know, like a sponge when it's saturated - it's not good.

I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn't judge you.

It's fun to be loose. Just like on stage, all of your great ideas come from looseness.

"Stand up against the wall!" That's what everybody gets offered, especially women. When women started appearing on TV again in something other than the girl or the mother role it was all, "Get up against the wall," or, "The skin underneath her fingernail would tell me that she," you know, forensic stuff. Oh, God gross. Now, they're hunting terrorists.

I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years, the actual experience of course fades, but the flavor of it doesn't. I just had a real sense of what choice do I have but to live fully?

I tend to wear outfits that match the walls.

When you connect with a cause, it's like falling in love.

It's easier to change directions while you're still moving.

Theater is all about the rehearsal process. In fact, I think a lot of times opening night there's a mixed sadness because you're finished with a lot of people's favorite part of the process, which is finding the character and discovering it, and then you get to live it.

There's a small club of women who are willing to age.

I happen to be interested in watching a face age. I like faces of women aging so it makes me personally quite sad. That's a beautiful gift from God. If people don't want to see that anymore then I won't be in anymore movies.

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for me'.

I was the all-American face.

In the early part of my life I carried the flame for fiery women: perky women who were not dumb.

It's such an amazing thing to be loved for who you are.

Ultimately, however, the script an actor enlivens is someone else's words.

If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.

People pay to see movies with women looking beautiful, but I think there will be a place for me to play women looking my own age.

An actress in a film starts every day with an hour and a half in front of a mirror, with hair and make-up and costumes.