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Anytime a culture is in economic stress, ugly things start happening.
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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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I grew up with this crazy upbringing of living many places and always being the new kid in town, not like a service brat where you're always going to school with other new kids in town. I was constantly arriving in small towns and going to school with kids who'd been together since they were in kindergarten.
John Lithgow -
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.
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It's wonderful to play a villain who gets a laugh or to stop a comedy dead in its tracks with a touching moment. It's kind of like a symphony that has very different movements.
John Lithgow -
I like to rehearse and rehearse and have everything exactly calculated before we start shooting - probably to a fault.
John Lithgow -
In TV and movies, you get known for a certain thing, and that's what's expected. Onstage, people are more open to whatever character you create from one play to the next.
John Lithgow -
Every time I see somebody behaving truly insanely in real life, I think, 'Yes! I'm not over the top after all!'
John Lithgow
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I do all the cooking in the family. I cook Italian, mostly, pastas and roasts, and bit by bit, I'm learning how to bake. I think cooking is a gift to other people.
John Lithgow -
What fascinated me most was Churchill as a young child. He had a kind of Dickensian childhood. The neglect. And he was a terrible student. His whole life is a study in trying to overcome your feelings of inadequacy.
John Lithgow -
An artist is always thinking of something else. My father was like that. He had this feeling of abstraction, and I do, too.
John Lithgow -
Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
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There's nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night.
John Lithgow -
It's not always easy to be proud of your government.
John Lithgow
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Good acting is really excellent carpentry.
John Lithgow -
Whenever I play a role, it's like I've been kidnapped inside my own body.
John Lithgow -
The essence of comedy, drama, and horror is surprise. I have an uncanny ability to surprise people because they look at my face, and they don't know where I'm going.
John Lithgow -
Britain is probably the most sophisticated combination of a monarchy and a democracy.
John Lithgow -
'M. Butterfly' is usually the answer to the question, 'What has been your favorite experience?' The reason being, it is an astonishing play.
John Lithgow -
When good things come along, you end up saying yes to them. Because they're rare.
John Lithgow
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I gave up shame a long time ago.
John Lithgow -
No villain thinks of himself as a villain, and that's the approach I always take.
John Lithgow -
I'm a lazy actor, lazier than you would think. I don't usually do a lot of research.
John Lithgow -
When you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater.
John Lithgow