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The roles that I am attracted to are women who try to do something about their lives, and not a woman who waits for some circumstance or man to come rescue her. I have no interest in that.

Kathleen Turner

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Kathleen Turner
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 19
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Organized religion is primarily man putting words in God's mouth. That's how I basically feel about that. But, I do believe in believing and I admire it. I just don't think it should be exclusive or judgmental.
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It begins and ends with money. It's absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It's obscene
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I know there are nights when I have power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there's a man who doesn't look at me, it's because he's gay.
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Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society.
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Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't
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I do not admire young actresses whose foreheads cannot move.
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