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Kathleen Turner (Actor)

It begins and ends with money. Its absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. Its obscene.

— Kathleen Turner education

It never occurred to me that I couldnt change things that needed changing or couldnt have what I wanted if I worked hard enough and was good enough.

— Kathleen Turner change

My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomats daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.

— Kathleen Turner self

My husband says I can do anything I put my mind to, but the truth i, the only thing I want to do is act.

— Kathleen Turner truth

The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.

— Kathleen Turner confidence

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly.

— Kathleen Turner

There are still women who are not living their own lives, but living through their men or their children.

— Kathleen Turner women

This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a womans personal decisions about her life.

— Kathleen Turner life

What makes me angry? The education of children. How in Gods name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our kids?

— Kathleen Turner god

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.

— Kathleen Turner writing

Women are responsible for creating their own roles.

— Kathleen Turner women

You shouldnt 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.

— Kathleen Turner people

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They cant.

— Kathleen Turner women

I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I dont understand Hollywood.

— Kathleen Turner life

I am certainly a liberal.

— Kathleen Turner

I do not admire young actresses whose foreheads cannot move.

— Kathleen Turner you

I dont believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs.

— Kathleen Turner money

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.

— Kathleen Turner women

I find the idea of todays icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring.

— Kathleen Turner inspiring

I had a great deal of pressure to move to LA after Romancing the Stone came out and Id become very popular. But people came to me anyway.

— Kathleen Turner people

I have a brother whos a psychologist. He says three-quarters of the world are born feeling that they will be affected by the world; one quarter are born knowing that they will affect the world.

— Kathleen Turner art

I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate.

— Kathleen Turner anger

I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered.

— Kathleen Turner desire

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 doesnt look at me, its because hes gay.

— Kathleen Turner power

I never feel more alive than when Im on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up.

— Kathleen Turner live

I never took to Hollywood.

— Kathleen Turner

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 women

I rent houses in LA when Im filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. Theres nowhere to go, theres nowhere to be with people. Im not a beach bunny.

— Kathleen Turner people

I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they dont sell out to the new ones.

— Kathleen Turner work

I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have?

— Kathleen Turner man

I want people to like me. They dont have to always like my characters, you understand.

— Kathleen Turner people

I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I wont do anything that has to do with child abuse or womens abuse.

— Kathleen Turner women

Im not a New York snob.

— Kathleen Turner

Im not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me.

— Kathleen Turner politics

Im 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.

— Kathleen Turner society

Im very practical. What Im reaching for is individualism for women.

— Kathleen Turner women

If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far theres been no reason not to try anything.

— Kathleen Turner believe

A woman can plan when to have her family and how to support a family.

— Kathleen Turner family

A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that.

— Kathleen Turner sex

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.

— Kathleen Turner travel

At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers.

— Kathleen Turner art

Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think its looks, most women know otherwise.

— Kathleen Turner women

Crimes of Passion, which is one of the best films Ive done, will live strongly in my resume, even though it didnt do well.

— Kathleen Turner passion

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