Why Sex Scenes Are Difficult to Shoot - John Turturro

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/30/John_Turturro_at_The_New_School

This clip contains explicit language.

Actor John Turturro describes the typically awkward experience of acting in sex scenes. Turturro recalls two stories as examples: one in featuring Kate Winslet and James Gandolfini in Romance & Cigarettes, a film he directed, and another between himself and actress Emily Watson for the movie The Luzhin Defence.

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John Turturro meets with the New School student body in a Town Hall meeting for a Q&A about his career and experiences in the entertainment industry. - The New School

John Turturro studied at the Yale School of Drama. He created the title role of John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea in his theatrical début, for which he won an Obie Award and a Theater World Award.

Since then, Turturro has returned to the stage often, in productions such as Waiting for Godot; performing the title role in Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui; and in Eduardo de Filippo's Souls of Naples, for which he received a Drama Desk nomination. He recently completed Samuel Beckett's ENDGAME at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).

Mr. Turturro has also performed in more than sixty films, working with directors such as Martin Scorsese (The Color of Money), Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing and Jungle Fever), Robert Redford (Quiz Show), Peter Weir (Fearless), Tom DiCillo (Box of Moonlight), and Joel and Ethan Coen (Miller's Crossing; The Big Lebowski; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; and the lead role in Barton Fink, which won him the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the David di Donatello Award.) His current projects include Columbia Pictures The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, opposite Denzel Washington and John Travolta.

Mr. Turturro received SAG Award nominations for his television portrayals of Howard Cosell in Monday Night Mayhem and Billy Martin in ESPN's The Bronx Is Burning. He won an Emmy for his guest appearance on the hit series Monk. John Turturro has also directed three films. His directorial debut, Mac, won the Camera d' Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He also directed Illuminata and the recently-released Romance & Cigarettes, starring James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, and Kate Winslet.

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[arequipa1]

lol, i love how he's telling this tale with LEGS WIDE OPEN

[poppalarge68]

I really like this dude.. He's one of the best..

[popaddict]

@arequipa1 Obscenely wide open! :D

[banearu]

LOL! good video

[aimeelee76]

@SplnSix Right?!?! Is that what it looks like?!

[NovaScotiaChick]

I've looooved John for years and I had no idea he was such a good conversationalist and funny too!

[TelecasterLPGTop]

@arequipa1 In case you haven't noticed it's common for men to sit that way. If it was a woman sitting that way then it would rate a mention but it isn't.

[PrettyTigerlilly]

@arequipa1 He's a pedarist. XD

[JohnLasseterTV]

John thank you for sharing !!

God Bless

[DEADFRESHhou]

THEM SYRENES LOVED HIM UP AND TURNED HIM INTO A HORNEY TOAD....its from one of his movies lol

[greytale]

The title of this video is completely hilarious.

[EyeOnTheTV]

This was HILARIOUS!! Very insightful too.