Kathleen Turner quotes

Kathleen Turner is an American actress known for her distinctive husky voice and strong presence in film and theater. She gained fame in the 1980s with roles in movies such as "Body Heat," "Romancing the Stone," and "Peggy Sue Got Married." She has also been recognized with numerous awards and continues to be active in the entertainment industry. Here are 46 of her quotes:

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

Kathleen Turner

Professionally, I have no age.

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

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

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

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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.

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Women are responsible for creating their own roles.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I am certainly a liberal.

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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.

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I never took to Hollywood.

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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.

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.

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