Words matter. These are the best Debra Winger Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
A good marriage is different to a happy marriage.
I was the all-American face.
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?
In the early part of my life I carried the flame for fiery women: perky women who were not dumb.
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.
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 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.
If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.
I want to start a trend of women as we really look. Some good things, some not so good. I am tired of looking at frozen faces.
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 do not need a lot of money to be happy.
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.
I don’t think it is worth trying to look 10 years younger through surgery.
I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam.
Most bad behaviour comes from insecurity.
It’s such an amazing thing to be loved for who you are.
I push for what I think can be the best, and if I feel they’re not going for the best, it kills me.
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.
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.
Ultimately, however, the script an actor enlivens is someone else’s words.
