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" I never took to Hollywood. "
Kathleen Turner
Took
Never
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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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" I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs. "
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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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" 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. "
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" A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that. "
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" I want people to like me. They don't have to always like my characters, you understand. "
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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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" Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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