In this video, John Turturro discusses developing and playing the role of ‘Jesus Quintana’ in The Big Lebowski.

He says that because he’s such good friends with the Cohen Brothers, whom directed The Big Lebowski, he had the opportunity to play around with his character without risking getting fired.

So, Turturro started doing crazy things like licking the bowling ball or use the rag to polish his (bowling) balls. It was apparently the same dialogue from the original script, just with added flair to his character.

John Turturro says he had a good time filming the infamous ‘Jesus Quintana’ scene, and felt completely at ease developing the character. He says he didn’t know what the Coen Brothers would actually use in the final version of the film. And that he was “completely embarrassed” when he saw the final version all put together.

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