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" 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. "
Debra Winger
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" 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. "
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" Ultimately, however, the script an actor enlivens is someone else's words. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" A good marriage is different to a happy marriage. "
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" There's a small club of women who are willing to age. "
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" 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? "
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" I don't think that I'm that easy to live with. I have to be reminded that I can have fun. I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up. "
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" Bad acting is the ultimate inconsideration. "
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" 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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" People who make lots of money at what they do should just shut up about it. "
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Shut Up
Up
" I just want to sleep, and eat, and learn about what's going on in the world. "
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Eat
Going
" 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. "
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Age
Care
" I don't think it is worth trying to look 10 years younger through surgery. "
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" If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down. "
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" I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam. "
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" My grandmother gave birth to 13 children and I come from a long line of women who gave birth in their 40s. "
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" When you connect with a cause, it's like falling in love. "
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" I do not need a lot of money to be happy. "
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" An actress in a film starts every day with an hour and a half in front of a mirror, with hair and make-up and costumes. "
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Film
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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