John Lithgow Quotes
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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I don't want to be known for someone that's good-looking. I want to be known as someone who is one of the best midfielders. That's my thing.
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Anything that I can do with Jennie Garth, I would love to do it. I really like her. I got along with her really well, and I enjoyed her perspective on life. I think she's really talented and very, very funny.
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Running doesn't come easy to me, especially the first thirty or so minutes. My message is take it one step at a time.
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I do not diminish the incredible symbolic importance of a black man getting elected president. But my euphoria was a smart guy getting elected president. Maybe for the first time in my lifetime we had elected one of the thousand smartest Americans president.
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My existence is fuller of other people's experiences than my own. If they cut open my brain, these are what I would retain most.
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It's absolutely surprising to me how well 'The State' has held up as far as people liking it and having fond memories of it, considering it's a sketch show. I think one of the things that helped its mystique is, it never came out on DVD or video or whatever.
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I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better.
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The marketing department is really an important part of getting an animated film to work. If the people running it are used to selling live action films and the hard rock music and the sex and all those things... Anything outside that, they just don't know what to do with it.
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The spider spinning his web for the unwary fly. The blood is the life, Mr. Renfield.
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Actors are not necessarily smart people.
