Q 13

PLAYBOY: What kind of guy has a chance with you? Under what circumstances do you say yes?

Debra Winger: My dog, Pete, does pretty well. Sense of humor keeps flashing in my mind. I'm just addicted to laughter. My basic purpose for being on this earth is to have a good time. When I'm not having that good time, I tend to run. I don't run as much as I used to, but that doesn't mean I believe in working at a relationship. If you're working out a specific problem area, that I understand. But just working--yech, I'm out the door in a New York second.

I'd say yes under the right circumstances, of course: to a guy who is very independent, has his own life and turns me on with a perspective on life that is different from my own. I don't need someone to take care of me. Just someone with whom the sparks fly--and if they're going to, they usually do right away.

Q 14

PLAYBOY: Is astrology passé in California or are most people just embarrassed to admit they're fascinated by it?

Debra Winger: Astrology has been here a long time. The fad just comes and goes. The same with cowboy boots. They've been around, but after making Urban Cowboy, I couldn't put them on. Now I've been informed that the Urban Cowboy fad is over and I can put my boots back on. I know nothing about astrology. I haven't even had my chart done, which is why I don't think I can ever be a real movie star. I am into coffee-table books, though. See these? Bulfinch's Mythology; On Death and Dying; Funny Feet--I was sent that one because I have funny feet--and, finally, Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management, which I think is nice for the coffee table.

Q 15

PLAYBOY: If it's true that you have a scar from every film you've done, where are they and may we see them?

Debra Winger: I pride myself on them. But they're nothing serious. And probably, on the last day of shooting, if I don't yet have one, I'll scratch my arm or something. I have a fake tooth from Urban Cowboy, I have a puncture wound in my leg from Cannery Row. I also have something, uh, more interesting from that film. I had a problem with my eye on An Officer and a Gentleman. I also have mental scars from that film. They're like an open wound. I still can't talk about it. There must be more: I guess you know you've worked a lot when you can't remember all the scars. I don't know about this question. I probably won't be able to be insured after this interview.

Q 16

PLAYBOY: How does it feel having made the transition from the rental generation to the purchase generation?

Debra Winger: That's funny. I'm still renting. Actually, leasing with an option to buy. I could buy, but I don't think I'll ever make that list, because it's so permanent. I'll lease with an option to buy for the rest of my life.

Q 17

PLAYBOY: How would you rate An Officer and a Gentleman as a make-out movie? What's your favorite on the passion scale?

Debra Winger: There are good scoring opportunities. That's why people are going back to see it two or three times.

I'm on a different level. A good makeout movie for me is It's a Wonderful Life. It totally softens me. I feel great about everything. It's, you know, "Want to kiss? Let's kiss. It's a wonderful life."

Q 18

PLAYBOY: What's a fun date?

Debra Winger: Anything I didn't do last week.

Q 19

PLAYBOY: What is your sexiest quality?

Debra Winger: Vulnerability. I think that's anyone's sexiest quality. But romance is waking up with a smile on my face. I have attacks when I have to call and get his voice on the phone immediately. It's a continuous process of falling in love.

Q 20

PLAYBOY: When did you stop being a child?

Debra Winger: Last year. I decided the only difference between a child and an adult is that an adult has to take the rap. The responsibility. You can do absolutely the same fucking things as before, only you can't say, "Here's so and so to cover for me." My actions and output into the universe haven't changed, only now I say, "OK, hit me. I know I deserve it."