Kathleen Turner Quotes

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

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

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

Appearing nude on film was not easy when I was twenty-six in Body Heat; it was even harder when I was forty-six in The Graduate, on the stage, which is more up close and personal than film. After my middle-age nude scene, though, I unexpectedly got letters from women saying, "I have not undressed in front of my husband in ten years and I'm going to tonight." Or, "I have not looked in the mirror at my body and you gave me permission."
These affirmations from other women were especially touching to me because when I began The Graduate I'd just come through a period when I felt a great loss of confidence, when my rheumatoid arthritis hit me hard and I literally couldn't walk or do any of the things that I was so used to doing. It used to be that if I said to my body, "Leap across the room now," it would leap instantly. I don't know how I did it, but I did it. I hadn't realized how much my confidence was based on my physicality. On my ability to make my body do whatever I wanted it to do.
I was so consumed, not just by thinking about what I could and couldn't do, but also by handling the pain, the continual, chronic pain. I didn't realize how pain colored my whole world and how depressive it was. Before I was finally able to control my RA with proper medications, I truly had thought that my attractiveness and my ability to be attractive to men was gone, was lost. So for me to come back and do The Graduate was an affirmation to myself. I had my body back. I was back. ~ Kathleen Turner

People tell me not to do a soap, but it was a great learning experience because I became familiar with the technical aspects of the business. Besides, look who came out of soaps - Julianne Moore, Demi Moore, Tommy Lee Jones, Parker Posey, Kathleen Turner. All amazing people. ~ Sarah Michelle Gellar

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

Professionally, I have no age. ~ Kathleen Turner

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

I don't think it has to be one religious structure, one church. I think the issues of faith and redemption are much more universal than any one religion. ~ Kathleen Turner

One of the things I do tell young women, if they want to pursue a career in acting, is to get good stage training. It is essential to have a good basis in stage technique. You can move into film easily, and acquire more skill and more understanding, but you can't necessarily go the other way around. For women, longevity of career will very much be on stage. ~ Kathleen Turner

You know, when you've worked with somebody before and you've worked very deeply and dangerously then you start with the relaxation and the trust right away and that lets you go even deeper, which is a lovely thing. ~ Kathleen Turner

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

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

It wasn't really a date," I said. "Just dinner."
"Did he pay?"
"Yes."
"Did he kiss you?"
A bit of a hesitation this time. "Yes."
"Then it was a date. ~ Tiffany Snow

When someone is kissing you passionately, you feel passionate! ~ Kathleen Turner

My greatest fear when we were doing "Body Heat" was that I wouldn't be sexy. I didn't have a self-image of myself as this alluring, powerful, sexual female. ~ Kathleen Turner

The idea behind doing comedies is that you go home a little happier. ~ Kathleen Turner

It's fascinating how all of us, everyday, rely - at some point, to some extent, for some reason - on faith in our life. Whether it's God or not, or "Please help me!" ~ Kathleen Turner

I never took to Hollywood. ~ Kathleen Turner

Stop saying things like that! You can't ... tell me all of that and then walk off like it's no big deal! You're killing me ... Offer me something or offer me nothing,
but stop trying to play both sides. ~ Tiffany Snow

I don't see anything wrong with technology as long as it doesn't interfere with your life. ~ Kathleen Turner

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

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

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

I have been writing my whole life: stories and plays and sketches and scripts and poems and jokes. Most feel alive. And fluid. Breathing organisms made better by the people who come into contact with them. But this book has nearly killed me. Because, you see, a book? A book has a cover. They call it a jacket and that jacket keeps the inside warm so that the words stay permanent and everyone can read your genius thoughts over and over again for years to come. Once a book is published it can't be changed, which is a stressful proposition for this improviser who relies on her charm. I've been told that I am "better in the room" and "prettier in person." Both these things are not helpful when writing a book. I am looking forward to a lively book-on-tape session with the hope that Kathleen Turner agrees to play me when I talk about some of my darker periods. One can dream. ~ Amy Poehler

When I'm really hot, I can walk into a room and if a man doesn't look at me, he's probably gay. ~ Kathleen Turner

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

Sooner or later, you'll choose," he whispered. "You'll want one of us more than you don't want to hurt the other. And you'll choose. I want to be the one you can't live without. ~ Tiffany Snow

It means you're beautiful. Desirable. That I can't keep my
hands off you any more than I can tell my heart to stop beating. It means I listen for your voice when I know you're near and love it when I can smell your perfume on my clothes at the end of the day. ~ Tiffany Snow

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

Risk is the willingness to fail. ~ Kathleen Turner

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly. ~ Kathleen Turner

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

How do you live with a regret so deep it cuts through every part of you? ~ Tiffany Snow

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

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

Are we going to do this now, brother?" Kade asked, his voice deceptively smooth, though Blane could see a flicker of fear in his eyes. Kade's hold tightened on Kathleen, as though he was afraid that Blane would take her from him.
"You mean talk about the elephant in the room?" Blane said dryly, cocking an eyebrow.
"She'd get pretty pissed off if she heard you call her an elephant. ~ Tiffany Snow

What'd he say?" she asked.
"He kissed me."
She whistled. "Gotta like his style, girl. ~ Tiffany Snow

I don't really go to YouTube or, especially, participate in Facebook. I just really don't want to know that many people! ~ Kathleen Turner

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

You have to tell him 'go toodles, Bits, go toodles for momma,'" I said, pitching my voice high in imitation, "or else he won't go." Blane looked at me. "I'm not doing that," he said flatly. "But then he'll go on the bed," I protested. "How about I just point my gun at him," he deadpanned. ~ Tiffany Snow

I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way. ~ Kathleen Turner

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

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

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

The best role is always ahead. ~ Kathleen Turner

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

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

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

I do not admire young actresses whose foreheads cannot move. ~ Kathleen Turner

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

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. ~ Kathleen Turner

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? ~ Kathleen Turner

Women are responsible for creating their own roles. ~ Kathleen Turner

Luck is not fate. Believe it or not, it's largely an attitude. ~ Willis Turner

We know we are a species obsessed with itself and its own past and origins. We know we are capable of removing from the sanctuary of the earth shards and fragments, and gently placing them in museums. Great museums in great cities - the hallmarks of civilisation. ~ Kathleen Jamie

Clearing away the excess whittles life down to its bare essence, revealing purity of heart, integrity of character and inspiration of purpose, ~ Kathleen Ann Harper

Oh, that," said the king with a shrug. "That isn't your honor, Costis. That's the public perception of your honor. It has nothing to do with anything important, except perhaps for manipulating fools who mistake honor for its bright, shiny trappings. You can always change the perceptions of fools. ~ Megan Whalen Turner

Even before I recognized him, I smiled politely. Well trained, I would have smiled so at my executioner. ~ Megan Whalen Turner

If I had any humility I would be perfect. ~ Ted Turner

The sun on your path till we meet again ~ Kathleen Herbert

I see the whole field of environmentalis m and population as nothing more
than the survival of the human species. I have wanted to have some bumper
sticker made up saying 'Save the Humans'. At the bottom of it all, we are
trying to save ourselves. ~ Ted Turner

Most women who struggle with their weight as I do hate to have their picture taken. It wouldn't be so bad if there was physically a means of sucking in one's neck, but as yet, I haven't figured out how to do this. ~ A.K. Turner

Keeping a private guard this large is like using a wolf to guard the farm. It may keep off the other wolves, but sooner or later it will eat you. ~ Megan Whalen Turner

War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money. ~ Ted Turner

Any thing worth having is worth working for. ~ Danita Turner-Williams

known, your cover is blown, and by now The Suit will be out looking for you. I've covered your tracks well. You're dead now." Ryan smirked. "It'll ~ Kathleen Brooks

Kids? It's like living with homeless people. They're cute but they just chase you around all day long going, 'Can I have a dollar? I'm missing a shoe! I need a ride! ~ Kathleen Madigan

She was his; he was hers. The world could fall apart, and they'd still be one. ~ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

I've read all the books but one
Only remains sacred: this
Volume of wonders, open
Always before my eyes. ~ Kathleen Raine

When the commander-in-chief sends Americans to fight and die, it should be only to protect our vital national interests, not for his own personal, political gain. ~ Kathleen Troia McFarland

Some of us, no matter how hard we try, aren't meant to lead ordinary lives. Fate finds us. Gives us a shove. ~ Kathleen Tessaro

One wise decision I made was buying a plot of land with planning permission in Richmond, and building my own five-bedroom home on it. I sold three years after I completed the building and more than doubled my money. I like Richmond and always have my eyes open for other properties in the area. ~ Anthea Turner

No man can choose to serve only himself when he has something to offer his state. No one can put his own wishes above the needs of so many. ~ Megan Whalen Turner

In choosing a bare bones existence, we are enriched, and can redefine success as an internal process rather than an outward display of wealth and power. ~ Kathleen Norris

What I've heard from younger women and women my age is that the albums changed their lives or it was the first time they had heard feminism that they could relate to. So that's great. ~ Kathleen Hanna

How do you make a compass? Uhhh hmmm so if I was a compass how would I make myself? ~ Toby Turner

Every audition that I walk out of where I think I nailed it, I never get that job, ever. ~ Sophie Turner

Because being a fan is not all about the good times when victory makes life better. Dealing with defeat helps mold you as a fan. If you didn't experience the bitter taste of losing, then you wouldn't have any humility. You wouldn't have a heart. You'd be a New York Yankees fan. ~ Mark Tye Turner

You are treasure beyond any price. ~ Megan Whalen Turner

...story is a powerful stimulant with tremendous influence over how we think and act. Like meth, only safer. ~ Kathleen Smith

I thought I was leading them, but the truth was, I was just following them, holding up a lantern. ~ Nancy E. Turner

....my life is full of people talking to me without anyone saying anything, thousands of words but not one real conversation,..... ~ A.B. Turner

Coming from light into the dark, he was looking ahead of him, not down at me. My lunge, as I came to my feet, took him in the chest as I drove the sword upward with the strength of my legs. Even rusted, the sword slid through him, and I found, for the first time, how easy it is to kill a man. ~ Megan Whalen Turner

I found it really difficult when teachers talked down to me. ~ Sophie Turner

There is much to learn about what could happen in the gardens of the future, should designers wish to learn about the past. ~ Tom Turner

Around her the tables were filling with people, tourists planning their next stop over a coffee, businessmen meeting for luncheon, well-heeled women taking a break from their sprees, leaning in to gossip with one another, shopping bags piled at their feet. ~ Kathleen Tessaro

Pan, I said. "Do you know who can help?"
He shook his head.
"I will," I said.
"What can you do?" he asked.
"I don't know yet. This is new to me. ~ Kathleen Grissom