John Turturro

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

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

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

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.