John Turturro Quotes

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

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• When you sit down and watch something alone, you’re going to watch it for what it is.

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• When the day’s work is over, it’s over.

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

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• The romance stuff is easy. A s*x scene… that’s hard, because you don’t know what to do. Those scenes are awkward.

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• The past has to inform the present.

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

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• 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.

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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.

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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.

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

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• If a film doesn’t play, people aren’t going to be that nice.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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• 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.

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John Turturro (21)

Birth:	28th February, 1957
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Film Director, Screenwriter

About

John Michael Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He majored in Theatre Arts at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and completed his MFA from the Yale School of Drama. His role in several films include: Exterminator 2, The Color of Money, Five Corners, Catchfire, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink (Won- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor), Mac (also director and writer), Quiz Show (Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting actor), Illuminata (also director and writer, Nominated- Palme d'Or), The Big Lebowski, Collateral Damage, Secret Window, Transformers, Fading Gigolo (also director and writer), The Ridiculous 6, Hands of Stone, and Going Places (upcoming film, also director and writer). His role in television include: Monday Night Mayhem (TV film), Monk (Won- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series), The Bronx Is Burning (TV series), The Night Of  (crime drama miniseries, Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor). He married actress Katherine Borowitz in 1985. They have two sons, Amedeo and Diego.

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