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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