Kathleen Turner
03/12/12 • 28 min
Kathleen Turner made her film debut 30 years ago in the blockbuster thriller, Body Heat. Since then, she’s been leading lady in numerous films and on stage and she’s earned Tony nominations for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Turner sits down with Alec to talk directors – from stage and screen; raising a daughter in New York; dealing with rheumatoid arthritis; and her passion for performance: “If I couldn’t act, I’d just curl up, shrivel up and die ... I can’t live without it.”
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Kathleen Turner made her film debut 30 years ago in the blockbuster thriller, Body Heat. Since then, she’s been leading lady in numerous films and on stage and she’s earned Tony nominations for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Turner sits down with Alec to talk directors – from stage and screen; raising a daughter in New York; dealing with rheumatoid arthritis; and her passion for performance: “If I couldn’t act, I’d just curl up, shrivel up and die ... I can’t live without it.”
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Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin - Kathleen Turner
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This is Alec Baldwin and you're listening to Here's the Thing. Kathleen Turner made her film debut thirty years ago in the blockbuster thriller Body Heat. Since then, she's taken on the female roles actress's dream about playing, a word often used to describe her work brazen. On screen, We've seen her in Peggy Sue Got Married, Precy's Honor, The Accidental Tourist. On stage, she's earned Tony nominations for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf and Cat
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