Quotes By 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.

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.

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.

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

I became an actor because I couldn't not.

Ultimately, however, the script an actor enlivens is someone else's words.

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.

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.

I just live in the truth and think that every moment counts.

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.