Kathleen Turner Quotes

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 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.

  

  Kathleen Turner
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