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 don’t believe in careers. I believe in work. I’m not interested in some ‘big picture that would be really good for me’. – Debra Winger
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. – 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. – Debra Winger
My grandmother gave birth to 13 children and I come from a long line of women who gave birth in their 40s. – Debra Winger
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. – Debra Winger
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. – Debra Winger
But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual – normally, I’m the queen of worry. – Debra Winger
I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam. – Debra Winger
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. – Debra Winger
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. – Debra Winger
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. – Debra Winger
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. – Debra Winger
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. – Debra Winger
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. – Debra Winger
