Kathleen Turner Quotes
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Crimes of Passion, which is one of the best films I've done, will live strongly in my resume, even though it didn't do well.
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I never took to Hollywood.
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What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that.
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I know there are nights when I have power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there is a man who doesn't look at me, it's because he's gay.
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Women are responsible for creating their own roles.
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I'm not a New York snob.
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I am certainly a liberal.
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What makes me angry? The education of children. How in God's name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our kids?
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As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished.
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I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them.
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I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs.
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I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate.
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My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.
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This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life.
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It never occurred to me that I couldn't change things that needed changing or couldn't have what I wanted if I worked hard enough and was good enough.
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I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with child abuse or women's abuse.
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If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything.
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I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started building a Broadway career to try and develop the chops to be accepted as a great theatrical actress.
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I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones.
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I'm very old-fashioned in some ways because of my father, who thought that being a public servant was an honor. Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society.
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You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious.
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I had a great deal of pressure to move to LA after Romancing the Stone came out and I'd become very popular. But people came to me anyway.
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I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I don't understand Hollywood.
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I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me.