John Turturro Quotes
In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.
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I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for Congress to bring back the pre-9-11 legal norm, before we decided it was okay to toss out our civil liberties if the 'bad guys' were scary enough.
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
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I'd like to do something where there's a strong female character and some action. I've done a few stunts in the past.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
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2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.
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So they've actually - it's not that her character is a singer, but she had ambition to do that at an earlier time in her life. So I've actually sung two or three times now on the show.
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
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I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.
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Rag & bone images always reflect the authenticity of the brand. Their images have character and tell a story.
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Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.
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I try to think what the character is thinking. Then, hopefully, I begin to feel it. I act and react not because I'm recalling a dog killed by a fire engine, but because I'm concentrating on what the character is going through.
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I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.
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It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part.
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Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level.
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One is made by all the things around one. There are many things that have made one. For a writer to go around looking for things that have made him is asking for trouble. It's like giving a character to yourself. Can't do it. Can't do it. These things are just there. Is that enough?
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The politics of crime is not about a party's record or a candidates proposals, but about perceived character and values.
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The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.
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It is true that I am not one of those who laugh at utopias. The utopia of today can become the reality of tomorrow. Utopias are conceived by optimistic logic which regards constant social and political progress as the ultimate goal of human endeavor; pessimism would plunge a hopeless mankind into a fresh cataclysm.
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It's best to know a little about where you're coming from and why you've arrived where you are.
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In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.
