Debra Winger Quotes
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I think it's a little irresponsible for women who choose surgery to then say they can portray the average woman on the street, because if the average woman can't afford those treatments, then she's going to say, 'I'm 53 and I don't look like that,' and start thinking she's ugly or inadequate.
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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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I don't think that I'm that easy to live with. I have to be reminded that I can have fun. I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up.
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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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I am lucky enough to be married to a guy who tells me I look beautiful every day.
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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.
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Most bad behaviour comes from insecurity.
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I do not need a lot of money to be happy.
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People who make lots of money at what they do should just shut up about it.
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When you connect with a cause, it's like falling in love.
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I just want to sleep, and eat, and learn about what's going on in the world.
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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 need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up.
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But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual - normally, I'm the queen of worry.
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There's a small club of women who are willing to age.
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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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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.
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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 will walk out on a scene if it's all lit and ready to go but it's not happening.
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Ultimately, however, the script an actor enlivens is someone else's words.
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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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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.
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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.
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I became an actor because I couldn't not.