A biography for Debra Wingerhasn’t been written yet.
“I will walk out on a scene if it's all lit and ready to go but it's not happening.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Most bad behaviour comes from insecurity.”
“In the early part of my life I carried the flame for fiery women: perky women who were not dumb.”
“I am lucky enough to be married to a guy who tells me I look beautiful every day.”
“I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up.”
“I don't think it is worth trying to look 10 years younger through surgery.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Bad acting is the ultimate inconsideration.”
“I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam.”
“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.”