Debra Winger

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

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. ”

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 just live in the truth and think that every moment counts. ”

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. ”

I have enjoyed a wonderful run in films, so far, and I may, at some point, come back. But it will be in my own time and in my own style. ”

I do admit to being challenging, but it's always for the work, it's never personal. I will walk out on a scene if it's all lit and ready to go but it's not happening. ”