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

John Turturro

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John Turturro
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: February 28
Actor
Character Actor
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Theatrical Director
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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
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When you're directing, it is a little easier, because when you're the actor, you have a to be a little more of a child. You have to get into the child's aspect of your personality a little bit more.
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People are never too young or too old to look for human connection.
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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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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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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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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.
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The nice thing about Toronto is there's not a competition.
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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.
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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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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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I think you learn more from looking at how things occurred and what happened afterward, not just at the event
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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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I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son
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It's nice to work with people who know and trust you.
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