John Lithgow quotes
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“Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.”
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“We should have charity for what the dead say. We may disapprove of what they say, but we should not insult them and revile them knowing they cannot not defend themselves.”
-- John LithgowSource : Source: www.npr.org
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“Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.”
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“I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't.”
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“In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.”
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“Books make great gifts because they're something you love that you can share.”
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“I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was.”
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“I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home.”
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“I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable.”
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“For me, working on stage is much more exhausting than all the other mediums, but it's also much more thrilling.”
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“Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.”
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“The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.”
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“I Need a Good Book I need a good story. I need a good book. The kind that explodes Off the shelf. I need some good writing, Alive and exciting, To contemplate all by myself. I need a good novel, I need a good read. I probably need Two or three. I need a good tale Of love and betrayal Or perhaps an adventure at sea. I need a good saga. I need a good yarn. A momentous and mightily Or slight one. But with thousands and thousands And thousands of books, I need someone to tell me The right one. -John Lithgow”
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“The Broadway audience is made up of a greater percentage of tourists now. There's not nearly as much variety and danger and challenge in what's being offered.”
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“You kill three people, they call you a murderer. You kill a million people, they call you a conqueror. Go figure.”
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“There's nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night.”
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“Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.”
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“What you aspire to on a sitcom is the feeling of live comedy.”
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“It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.”
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“When you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater.”
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“I keep looking for things I haven't done yet.”
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“I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.”
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“If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too”
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“If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare”
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“I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest”
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“Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music”
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“I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife”
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“My only regret is that we didn't have more kids. I came from a family of four kids, but my wife and I just started too late.”
-- John Lithgow
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