--- description: "If I can get the permission I need, I'd like to return to that role," the actor said title: John Turturro Wants To Be in A New 'Big Lebowski' Movie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42d7b1f924554e13/6986990f06f2c1834232f9e5/468723265-e1403640349686.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # John Turturro Will Not Abide: Wants To Be in A New _Big Lebowski_ Movie by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 8:14 PM CUT  CIRCA 1998: Actor John Turturro in "The Big Lebowski." CIRCA 1998: Actor John Turturro in "The Big Lebowski."Michael Ochs Archives—Getty Images by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 8:14 PM CUT The first rule of Lebowski Club is: You do not f— with the Jesus. Unless you’re John Turturro. _The Big Lebowski_ was released more than 16 years ago, but the passage of time has done little to diminish its status as a cult classic. As a result, any actor who appeared in the film is inevitably asked about getting Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and the rest of the gang back together for a sequel. On Saturday, Turturro confirmed that, at the least,[ he would be interested in reprising his role](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/taormina-fest-honors-john-turturro-713898 "undefined") as hairnet-wearing, F-bomb dropping, bowling ball-licking, crazy gangsta of the lanes Jesus Quintana. “If I can get the permission I need, I’d like to return to that role,” the 57-year-old actor said, clearly trying to fool the bigs in the league office (or at least the Cohen Brothers) into giving him a green light. His declaration is far from a guarantee — nor does it make clear whether the project would be a sequel, a spinoff or mere bush-league psych-out stuff — but after 16 years, any sign of hope has to be good for _Lebowski_ fans. And perhaps we may get closure on Quintana’s open-ended metaphysical question: “What’s this day of rest shit?” \[[_Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/taormina-fest-honors-john-turturro-713898 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2917561/john-turturro-will-not-abide-wants-to-be-in-a-new-big-lebowski-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2917561/john-turturro-will-not-abide-wants-to-be-in-a-new-big-lebowski-movie/"},"headline":"John Turturro Will Not Abide: Wants To Be in A New Big Lebowski Movie","datePublished":"2014-06-24T20:14:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:35:40.938Z","description":"\"If I can get the permission I need, I'd like to return to that role\"","url":"https://time.com/2917561/john-turturro-will-not-abide-wants-to-be-in-a-new-big-lebowski-movie/","keywords":["movies","sequel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42d7b1f924554e13/6986990f06f2c1834232f9e5/468723265-e1403640349686.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42d7b1f924554e13/6986990f06f2c1834232f9e5/468723265-e1403640349686.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"THE BIG LEBOWSKI","caption":"THE BIG LEBOWSKI","creditText":"Michael Ochs Archives—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2917561/john-turturro-will-not-abide-wants-to-be-in-a-new-big-lebowski-movie/","name":"John Turturro Will Not Abide: Wants To Be in A New Big Lebowski Movie"}}]}] ```