John Turturro Quotes

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It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.

- John Turturro

Great, Performer, Gritty, Behold

You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented.

- John Turturro

Stars, Think, Ambitious, Aggressive

Al Michaels is a good announcer. I think Keith Jackson is a terrific announcer. I always loved him on Monday Night Football. I never understood why they got rid of him.

- John Turturro

Think, Always, I Think, Understood

I've done nudity. I'm an exhibitionist. It doesn't matter.

- John Turturro

Matter, Done, Exhibitionist

A lot of films need planning in order to survive at all. It's part of the dog and pony show.

- John Turturro

Survive, Need, Films, To Survive

When I see these guys write all this macho stuff I want to smash their heads.

- John Turturro

Want, See, I See, Smash

Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone.

- John Turturro

Work, Tone, Read, Authors

If I was a criminal, stationery stores and bakeries would be the two kinds of places I would concentrate on.

- John Turturro

Places, Stores, Would, Concentrate

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

- John Turturro

Violent, Very, Directors, Exposed

My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in.

- John Turturro

Me, Interest, Lies, Self-Expression

The romance stuff is easy. A sex scene... that's hard, because you don't know what to do. Those scenes are awkward.

- John Turturro

Sex, Easy, Romance, Scenes

Games sometimes can reveal things. To watch someone in movement, unconscious movement, can be very stimulating and revealing, whether they win or not.

- John Turturro

Reveal, Unconscious, Very, Stimulating

I think I've had more of a variety in what I've done than most actors.

- John Turturro

Think, I Think, Most, Variety

I think you learn more from looking at how things occurred and what happened afterward, not just at the event.

- John Turturro

Learn, Think, I Think, Occurred

I love to act, and I try to be challenged by what I do.

- John Turturro

Love, Act, I Love, Challenged

I make a list of what I have in common, and what I don't have in common, with someone I'm playing.

- John Turturro

Common, Someone, Playing, List

The past has to inform the present.

- John Turturro

Past, Present, Inform

I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son.

- John Turturro

Play, Been, Badly, Beaten

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