John Lithgow Quotes
If you're an actor, you tend to fool yourself into thinking you're much younger than you are because you're playing parts and behaving like a child all the time.
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In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.
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My boy and I move. We have this game where if we dress in a particular item of clothing, we have to do a different movement. A hat means 20 jumps - that sort of thing. When I put a scarf on, my son has to drop down and do push-ups, immediately. He thinks it's really funny.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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I knew from the first episode that 'Longmire' was something special - I met the writers/exec producers, read the script, and knew it was special, so to have the network and the studio and the fans get behind it in the way that they have has been really amazing.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
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If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
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Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly.
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I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.
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People do look at it as an insult that I say I don't listen to country music, which cracks me up.
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The shame that comes to us as we see ourselves praised when we are unworthy of it often gives us the occasion to accomplish things that we might never have achieved without such undeserved praise.
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Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.
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Niggas pray and pray on my downfall, But every time I hit the ground I bounce up like round ball
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Don't manage your career. Follow your dream and contribute.
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I've done many body scans. Every time your character fights in a different look, they'll rescan you. Because my character has taken so long to get a super suit, every time Mon-El fights, he's in something different.
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If you're an actor, you tend to fool yourself into thinking you're much younger than you are because you're playing parts and behaving like a child all the time.
