Quotes By Kathleen Turner

I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with child abuse or women's abuse.

I know there are nights when I have power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there is a man who doesn't look at me, it's because he's gay.

Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise.

I have a brother who's a psychologist. He says three-quarters of the world are born feeling that they will be affected by the world; one quarter are born knowing that they will affect the world.

I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them.

I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate.

I do not admire young actresses whose foreheads cannot move.

I want people to like me. They don't have to always like my characters, you understand.

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly.

What makes me angry? The education of children. How in God's name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our kids?

I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones.

I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered.

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't.

If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything.

I never took to Hollywood.

I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up.

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.

My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.

As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished.

I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I don't understand Hollywood.

I rent houses in LA when I'm filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to be with people. I'm not a beach bunny.

I'm very old-fashioned in some ways because of my father, who thought that being a public servant was an honor. Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society.

A woman can plan when to have her family and how to support a family.

I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs.

The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.

What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that.

My husband says I can do anything I put my mind to, but the truth i, the only thing I want to do is act.

At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers.

I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me.

I am certainly a liberal.