A lot of films need planning in order to survive at all. It's part of the dog and pony show.
John Turturro

Al Michaels is a good announcer. I think Keith Jackson is a terrific announcer. I always loved him on Monday Night Football. I never understood why they got rid of him.
John Turturro

Games sometimes can reveal things. To watch someone in movement, unconscious movement, can be very stimulating and revealing, whether they win or not.
John Turturro

I love to act, and I try to be challenged by what I do.
John Turturro

I make a list of what I have in common, and what I don't have in common, with someone I'm playing.
John Turturro

I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son.
John Turturro

I think I've had more of a variety in what I've done than most actors.
John Turturro

I think you learn more from looking at how things occurred and what happened afterward, not just at the event.
John Turturro

I've done nudity. I'm an exhibitionist. It doesn't matter.
John Turturro

If a film doesn't play, people aren't going to be that nice.
John Turturro


If I was a criminal, stationery stores and bakeries would be the two kinds of places I would concentrate on.
John Turturro

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.
John Turturro

It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.
John Turturro

Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone.
John Turturro

My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in.
John Turturro

The past has to inform the present.
John Turturro

The romance stuff is easy. A sex scene... that's hard, because you don't know what to do. Those scenes are awkward.
John Turturro

When I see these guys write all this macho stuff I want to smash their heads.
John Turturro

When the day's work is over, it's over.
John Turturro

When you sit down and watch something alone, you're going to watch it for what it is.
John Turturro