Character Quote by John Turturro

“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

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

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

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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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One thing I have is that I have never been afraid to expose myself in a way, and I really think I got that…

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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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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.…

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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…

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When the day's work is over, it's over.

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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…

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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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