Debra Winger Quotes

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Debra Winger

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 16, 1955

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.

Debra Winger

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.

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Most bad behaviour comes from insecurity.

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

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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.

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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'.

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

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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?

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I tend to wear outfits that match the walls.

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I became an actor because I couldn't not.

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Just because we're on schedule is no reason to shoot bad acting. Someone once said to me, 'You're inconsiderate.' And I said, 'Inconsiderate? Bad acting is the ultimate inconsideration.' It's a collective slap to a million faces at the same time.

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I had a very insightful friend who warned me back when I stopped reading scripts, 'It's easier to change directions while you're still moving.' If you stop, it's harder to get started again. I still don't think I made the wrong decision, but he was right.

Debra Winger

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.

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If you want to get a facelift, get a facelift. Don't sit there and talk about why you got it because of the pressure.

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I am one of the happiest people I know. And that's a weird place to have arrived at from being a depressed Jewish kid.

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Bad acting is the ultimate inconsideration.

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

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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.

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I do admit to being challenging, but it's always for the work, it's never personal. I will walk out on a scene if it's all lit and ready to go but it's not happening.

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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.

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