Quotes By Kathleen Turner

I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring.

Crimes of Passion, which is one of the best films I've done, will live strongly in my resume, even though it didn't do well.

There are still women who are not living their own lives, but living through their men or their children.

I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have?

This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life.

I'm not a New York snob.

I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started building a Broadway career to try and develop the chops to be accepted as a great theatrical actress.

You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious.

I had a great deal of pressure to move to LA after Romancing the Stone came out and I'd become very popular. But people came to me anyway.

I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women.

It never occurred to me that I couldn't change things that needed changing or couldn't have what I wanted if I worked hard enough and was good enough.

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.