John Lithgow Quotes

• I gave up shame a long time ago.

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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 consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I’m still employed and employable.

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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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• 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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• Everybody’s a dreamer.

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• Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.

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• Everybody’s a dreamer.

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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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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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