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'.
I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn't judge you.
I make decisions for my life, not the other way around. Besides, when you have a kid, you must weigh everything against time with your child.
I push for what I think can be the best, and if I feel they're not going for the best, it kills me.
I tend to wear outfits that match the walls.
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?
Debra is named after her father's favorite actress, Debra Paget.
Debra returned to acting in her husband's film Big Bad Love, which she also co-produced in 2001.
Debra filmed the movie Forget Paris with Billy Crystal in 1995, the film flopped, and at age 40, she decides to become a stay at home mother, this was due to a fear that there were no longer any good roles for women her age.
Debra had a run of bad luck, and made a string of unsuccessful movies: Made In Heaven in 1987, Betrayed in 1988, Everybody Wins in 1990, and Sheltering Sky in 1991.
Debra dated the Governor of Nebraska, Robert Kerrey for six years, until she shocked everyone by leaving him and marrying Timothy Hutton, in 1986.
Debra dropped out of the acting scene in 1983, after her success with Terms Of Endearment. She kept turning down offers for the next three years, with no explanation, this damaged her career.
Debra went on to play roles in two movies in 1978: French Postcards, and Thank God it's Friday that went nowhere, before her big break. Sissy Spacek turned downn the lead role of Sissy in Urban Cowboy, and Debra won out over an unknown Michelle Pfeiffer, to skyrocket her into the limelight.
Debra was working at an amusement park after college, when she was thrown from a truck. She suffered severe back injuries that plagued her into her adult years. While in the hospital, she decided that she would pursue her life's dream, and act.
In 1994, Debra Winger made a comeback briefly with an Oscar nomination for "Shadowlands".
In 1980 she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in the movie Urban Cowboy.
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