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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

Work

Quiet

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

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

John Turturro

Order

Planning

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

Football

Night

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

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

John Turturro

Love

Act

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

You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented.

John Turturro

Self

Stars

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

John Turturro

Actors

Variety

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

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

John Turturro

Nudity

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

Games

Unconscious

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

John Turturro

Want

The past has to inform the present.

John Turturro

Past

Present

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

John Turturro