Quotes by Debra Winger

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There's a small club of women who are willing to age.”

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

“It's such an amazing thing to be loved for who you are.”

“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 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 need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up.”

“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.”

“A good marriage is different to a happy marriage.”

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

“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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