John Turturro Quotes

• People are never too young or too old to look for human connection.

  John Turturro

  People, Connections, Looks

  Source: collider.com

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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

  Beautiful, Watches, Performers

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• Even people within a relationship can be really alone, and then have to go outside of it in order to find something, whatever it is. It may be very bizarre and maybe something very tender.

  John Turturro

  Order, People, May

  Source: collider.com

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• The past has to inform the present...

  John Turturro

  Past

  "John Turturro on "La Tregua (The Truce)"". Interview with Richard Schwartz, www.filmscouts.com. 1997.

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

  John Turturro

  Lying, Self, Expression

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

  John Turturro

  Two, Criminals, Would Be

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• One thing I have is that I have never been afraid to expose myself in a way, and I really think I got that from my mother. That's a great gift you can give to a child, that they have confidence in their abilities.

  John Turturro

  Mother, Children, Thinking

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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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

  John Turturro

  Lists, Common

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• My sensitivity level is high, but I think that's one of my assets as an actor.

  John Turturro

  Thinking, Actors, Levels

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• I come from a very expressive family, so it's really not surprising that we became actors. There was a lot of real-life drama in our house. Some of it was drama, some of it was comedy and some of it was comic-tragedy.

  John Turturro

  Real, Drama, House

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• The nice thing about Toronto is there's not a competition.

  John Turturro

  Nice, Competition, Toronto

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• In a lot of movies, honestly, the directors don't talk to you that much. Maybe they say, "Faster, slower," whatever. Sometimes they give you little adjustments, because sometimes you want to start out neutral, but a lot of times you wind up directing yourself anyway, just doing what you think is the right thing to do.

  John Turturro

  Thinking, Giving, Sometimes

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• A lot of those people aren't their best salesmen. They're the opposite of a salesperson and I think there's something attractive about that.

  John Turturro

  Thinking, Opposites, People

  Source: collider.com

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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

  John Turturro

  Football, Monday, Night

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

  John Turturro

  Thinking, Events, Happened

  "John Turturro on "La Tregua (The Truce)"". Interview with Richard Schwartz, filmscouts.com. 1997.

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• I've always liked clothes. I usually work very closely with the costume designer when I work on films, picking the fabrics and the clothes. And colors convey feelings. I like swatches and things like that. It makes me feel at home.

  John Turturro

  Home, Feelings, Film

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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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

  John Turturro

  Winning, Games, Watches

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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.

  John Turturro

  Tone, Transformation, Quiet

  "John Turturro on 'La Tregua (The Truce)'". Interview with Richard Schwartz, www.filmscouts.com. 1997.

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

  John Turturro

  Dog, Order, Needs

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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.

  John Turturro

  Character, Scary, Firsts

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• 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, Romance, Awkward

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

  John Turturro

  Trying

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• It's nice to work with people who know and trust you.

  John Turturro

  Nice, People, Knows

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

  John Turturro

  Son, Years, Play

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

  John Turturro

  Writing, Guy, Want

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