Quotes By Debra Winger

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

Most bad behaviour comes from insecurity.

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.

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 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.

People who make lots of money at what they do should just shut up about it.

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

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 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.

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 was the all-American face.

I tend to wear outfits that match the walls.

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

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

A good marriage is different to a happy marriage.

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

Most bad behavior comes from insecurity.

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've been acting all along. I understand that I haven't been in people's viewers, but acting has never not been a part of my life, just more time in between and less high-profile.

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.

Show me the story. I just want to tell a story that pulls me forward.

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

I just want to sleep, and eat, and learn about what's going on in the world.

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 never thought I would start working again, and I did, but it was really hard, and I don't know that I would advise anyone to step back the way I did.

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

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.

Bad acting is the ultimate inconsideration.

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

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.