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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. "
Debra Winger
Women
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" I was the all-American face. You name it, honey - American Dairy Milk, Metropolitan Life insurance, McDonald's, Burger King. The Face That Didn't Matter - that's what I called my face. "
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" 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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" I push for what I think can be the best, and if I feel they're not going for the best, it kills me. "
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" But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual - normally, I'm the queen of worry. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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 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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" A good marriage is different to a happy marriage. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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'. "
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" I just live in the truth and think that every moment counts. "
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" I am lucky enough to be married to a guy who tells me I look beautiful every day. "
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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. "
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" I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up. "
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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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