Debra Winger
Debra Winger
Debra Lynn Wingeris an American actress. She has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress; for An Officer and a Gentleman, Terms of Endearment, and Shadowlands. She won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for Terms of Endearment, and the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress for A Dangerous Woman. Her other film roles include Urban Cowboy, Legal Eagles, Black Widow, Betrayed, Forget Paris, and Rachel Getting Married. In 2012,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth16 May 1955
CityCleveland Heights, OH
CountryUnited States of America
I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam.
I tend to wear outfits that match the walls.
I think when it comes to Botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices.
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 will walk out on a scene if it's all lit and ready to go but it's not happening.
Show me the story. I just want to tell a story that pulls me forward.
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 used to love going on a junket and promoting a film when it was not a 24-hour news cycle, and when there weren't so many media outlets. You could actually talk about the film.
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 have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn't judge you.
It's easier to change directions while you're still moving.
I make decisions for my life, not the other way around. Besides, when you have a kid, you must weigh everything against time with your child.
Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care to make.
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.