John Lithgow Quotes

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

American Actor

Born: Oct 19, 1945

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Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug. John Lithgow

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We all grow up with inherited genes and inherited sensibilities, and they run very, very deep. John Lithgow

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I auditioned for soap operas and commercials; I remember auditioning for Lays potato chips. It was a sort of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' sketch, where Captain Bligh was torturing the crew by saying, 'You can only have one Lays potato chip,' and they all rise up. John Lithgow

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. John Lithgow

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I look around, and 50 percent of the big-budget entertainment you are seeing these days is dystopian. This is the era of 'Hunger Games' and blasted landscapes and 'The Walking Dead.' John Lithgow

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I'm a very slow and ponderous reader, but I'm dogged. John Lithgow

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Powerful people are always in charge. You have to acknowledge that and deal with it as a reality. They're not devils. They're not monsters. They're human beings, like us, that have their share of insecurities and fears. You have to contemplate that as you go through life. John Lithgow

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In 1995, I proposed the Harvard Arts Medal. The idea was to celebrate the fact that, although it's rare, Harvard men and women do go into the creative arts. Over the years we've had major, major figures, like Jack Lemmon, John Updike, Yo-Yo Ma, and Bonnie Raitt. John Lithgow

Whenever I play a role, it's like I've been kidnapped inside my own body. John Lithgow

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We moved around a lot when I was growing up. I was always the new kid in class, but I was good at making friends. With an upbringing like that, I was either going to become an actor or a politician. Thank God I became an actor! I'm not cut out for politics. John Lithgow

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Britain is probably the most sophisticated combination of a monarchy and a democracy. John Lithgow

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The first long chapter of my career was almost entirely theater so that, by the time I was 30, 35, I sort of knew who I was as an actor, and I was gradually learning who I was as a human being. John Lithgow

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I went to - I got a wonderful college education. I went to Harvard. In those four years, I accumulated a lot of knowledge, but I also created a kind of habit of learning that has stayed with me my whole life. John Lithgow

My eagerness to please sometimes gets the better of me. John Lithgow

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Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me. John Lithgow

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I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20. John Lithgow

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I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife. John Lithgow

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If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too. John Lithgow

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I gave up shame a long time ago. John Lithgow

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I keep looking for things I haven't done yet. John Lithgow

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When you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater. John Lithgow

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