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" 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. "

Kathleen Turner

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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 am certainly a liberal. "

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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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" 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. "

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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 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. "

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

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

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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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" The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence. "

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

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" 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. "

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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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" 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? "

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

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" I'm not a New York snob. "

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

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" I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered. "

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" I never took to Hollywood. "

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" 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. "

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