"I don’t feel like it’s settled yet. [The industry] is still in upheaval," she said. "The plates are shifting. In some ways, it’s pulled ridiculously too far. "Part of it is that I’m the mother of three young white males, so I’m looking at things that they’re experiencing, and things that my girlfriends of all different backgrounds are experiencing [and] it hasn’t quite found its steady point yet where there’s room for everybody."She added: "I'm a bad one to ask.
I always found my way. Is that privilege? It didn’t feel like it at the time, because I felt like I was in very abusive situations, but it was my responsibility to buck up, get strong."Debra told how one day on the set of An Officer and a Gentleman, a crew member came to her trailer and handed over pills she was to take to lose weight, but that she handed them back because it sounded "ridiculous".The film won the actress an Oscar nomination in 1983.
It was followed up the next year with a nomination for Terms of Endearment. Her third came for 1993's Shadowlands, opposite Anthony Hopkins.
Debra is well known for her comments on her fellow actors and she famously said Richard Gere was "like a brick wall" to act alongside.EXPRESS.CO.UK has contacted Debra for comment..
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