John Lithgow Quotes

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

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• What you aspire to on a sitcom is the feeling of live comedy.

  John Lithgow

• Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

  John Lithgow

• Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.

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• There’s nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night.

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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.

  John Lithgow

• Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

  John Lithgow

• Shakespeare is like mother’s milk to me.

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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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• It’s a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.

  John Lithgow

• In animation, there’s this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT’S what I was doing.

  John Lithgow

• 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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• 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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• I’d sleep under a Vermeer.

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• I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.

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• I never get tired of hearing compliments.

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• I keep looking for things I haven’t done yet.

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• I have a lot of faith in people.

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John Lithgow (29)

Birth:	19th October, 1945
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

John Arthur Lithgow was born in Rochester, New York, USA. He is an American actor. He earned a BA degree in History and Literature from Harvard University in 1967. His role in several films include: Obsession, Blow Out, The World According to Garp (Nominated- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Twilight Zone, Terms of Endearment (Nominated- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Footloose, Santa Claus, Distant Thunder, Ricochet, The Wrong Man, A Good Man in Africa, Kinsey, New Year's Eve, This Is 40, Love Is Strange, The Homesman, Miss Sloane, and Beatriz at Dinner. His role in television include: The Country Girl (TV film), The Day After (TV film), The Glitter Dome (TV film), Traveling Man (TV film), 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV series), Twenty Good Years (TV series), The Crown (TV series), and Trial & Error (TV series). He has received two Tony Awards, six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, an American Comedy Award, four Drama Desk Awards, and has been nominated for four Grammy Awards.

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