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Q&A: Kathleen Turner Q&A: Kathleen Turner
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Kathleen Turner, 59, was born in Missouri. She studied theatre at the University of Maryland. In 1981, she made her first film, Body Heat, and became a star. Her other films include Romancing The Stone and Peggy Sue Got Married – which earned her an Oscar nomination. Her Broadway and West End roles include The Graduate and Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? She has a 26-year-old daughter, Amy, from her 20-year marriage to real-estate agent Jay Weiss. They divorced in 2007. Now single, she lives in New York. From 10 May until 30 August, she appears in Bakersfield Mist at the Duchess Theatre in London. Kathleen Turner, 59, was born in Missouri. She studied theatre at the University of Maryland. In 1981, she made her first film, Body Heat, and became a star. Her other films include Romancing The Stone and Peggy Sue Got Married – which earned her an Oscar nomination. Her Broadway and West End roles include The Graduate and Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? She has a 26-year-old daughter, Rachel Ann, from her 20-year marriage to real-estate agent Jay Weiss. They divorced in 2007. Now single, she lives in New York. From 10 May until 30 August, she appears in Bakersfield Mist at the Duchess Theatre in London.
When were you happiest? When the acting is going really well – when I am flying.When were you happiest? When the acting is going really well – when I am flying.
What is your greatest fear? My rheumatoid arthritis returning.What is your greatest fear? My rheumatoid arthritis returning.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?Abruptness.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?Abruptness.
What was your most embarrassing moment?When I met Gregory Peck and he said, "You have a lovely voice." And I replied, "Oh, so do you, sir!" What an idiot. It was my first Oscars, so I was very young.What was your most embarrassing moment?When I met Gregory Peck and he said, "You have a lovely voice." And I replied, "Oh, so do you, sir!" What an idiot. It was my first Oscars, so I was very young.
What is your most treasured possession?My daughter – though I shouldn't call her a possession.What is your most treasured possession?My daughter – though I shouldn't call her a possession.
What would your super power be?Making sure that women's rights were protected in my country.What would your super power be?Making sure that women's rights were protected in my country.
What makes you unhappy?Stupid old white men trying to keep people down.What makes you unhappy?Stupid old white men trying to keep people down.
What is the worst thing anyone's said to you?That I was thoughtless.What is the worst thing anyone's said to you?That I was thoughtless.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?I am not sure I've met him yet.What or who is the greatest love of your life?I am not sure I've met him yet.
What was the best kiss of your life?My ex-husband.What was the best kiss of your life?My ex-husband.
Who would you invite to your dream dinner party?Maggie Smith, Eleanor Roosevelt and Uri Savir, president of the Peres Centre for Peace.Who would you invite to your dream dinner party?Maggie Smith, Eleanor Roosevelt and Uri Savir, president of the Peres Centre for Peace.
What is the worst job you've done?Working at a Jewish travel agency during the High Holy Days. All these people were screaming that they had to be in Israel on a certain date and I had no idea what to do. I was 22.What is the worst job you've done?Working at a Jewish travel agency during the High Holy Days. All these people were screaming that they had to be in Israel on a certain date and I had no idea what to do. I was 22.
Cat or dog?Cat, absolutely. I have my cat, Simon, with me. He has all the right papers and travels with me. He's a rescue, he's black and beautiful.Cat or dog?Cat, absolutely. I have my cat, Simon, with me. He has all the right papers and travels with me. He's a rescue, he's black and beautiful.
What has been your biggest disappointment?Getting ill. I am in remission [from rheumatoid arthritis], but there is no cure.What has been your biggest disappointment?Getting ill. I am in remission [from rheumatoid arthritis], but there is no cure.
If you could edit your past, what would you change?I would have given my daughter more time.If you could edit your past, what would you change?I would have given my daughter more time.
What is the closest you've come to death?In a plane with Michael Douglas in Morocco. We were coming back from a shoot while filming The Jewel Of The Nile. As we flew into Fez, they shut off the landing lights, and the pilot almost overshot the runway. It was very scary.What is the closest you've come to death?In a plane with Michael Douglas in Morocco. We were coming back from a shoot while filming The Jewel Of The Nile. As we flew into Fez, they shut off the landing lights, and the pilot almost overshot the runway. It was very scary.
What keeps you awake at night?Anger at people's agenda to control others.What keeps you awake at night?Anger at people's agenda to control others.
What song would you like played at your funeral?One of my daughter's. She wrote a song for me called Strong Like You, and she played it at the opening of my last play, Mother Courage. Every mother there cried.What song would you like played at your funeral?One of my daughter's. She wrote a song for me called Strong Like You, and she played it at the opening of my last play, Mother Courage. Every mother there cried.
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?That you are not the centre of the world.What is the most important lesson life has taught you?That you are not the centre of the world.
• This article was amended on 5 June 2014 because an earlier version said that Kathleen Turner's daughter was called Amy. This error was introduced in the editing process, and has been corrected.