Debra Winger recently sat down for an interview with People, where she talked about taking a break from acting. Here's what she had to say:
“The parts that were coming, I wasn’t interested in. I’d already done that or I’d already felt that. I needed to be challenged. My life challenged me more than the parts, so I dove into it fully. [I] pushed the pause button.”
On Hollywood:
“I don’t know what Hollywood is. I’m living under the freaking sign now, and I just stare at it and laugh. Los Angeles is a place, but the idea of Hollywood doesn’t really exist for me. Broadway is more of a family than Hollywood, although there must be some in-crowds that I just don’t know about.”
On taking risks:
“I definitely would call myself a risk-taker, but that’s because I was too stupid to know there was a risk at the time. I’m never quite clear until later that, ‘Holy shit, do you realize what could’ve happened?’ I’m interested in what scares me. I just try to scare myself most days. You’re really only here for a very short time, so I’m not really understanding the point of protecting something. The ultimate insult is coming for us all.”
On what drew her to her new movie The Lovers:
“It asks how to make something permanent — love, marriage — with impermanent materials. Everything in the universe is impermanent. It’s not meant to last, and change is the thing that is life.”
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