Kathleen Turner Quotes

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

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.
~ Kathleen Turner

I never feel more alive than when I'm 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

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

I rent houses in LA when I'm filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to be with people. I'm not a beach bunny.
~ Kathleen Turner

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.
~ Kathleen Turner

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

I want people to like me. They don't have to always like my characters, you understand.
~ Kathleen Turner

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.
~ Kathleen Turner

I'm not a New York snob.
~ Kathleen Turner

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

I'm quite satisfied with my progress. I don't want to be that available.
~ Kathleen Turner

I'm usually quite physical, and I enjoy that.
~ Kathleen Turner

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.
~ Kathleen Turner

I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women.
~ Kathleen Turner

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.
~ Kathleen Turner

It begins and ends with money. It's 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. It's obscene.
~ Kathleen Turner

It hurt me very much what they wrote, but I was frightened if the industry knew I was sick, it might hurt my career.
~ Kathleen Turner

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.
~ Kathleen Turner

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