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" I am in the business of exploring crazy possibilities. "
John Lithgow
Business
I Am
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" When I was 13 years old, I went to visit my aunt and uncle in Washington, D.C., and they just deposited me at the National Gallery. I would go from Rembrandt to Picasso - I remember that experience so vividly. "
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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. "
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" Money is just a low priority for me. I'm more interested in good work than a big bank account. "
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" I gave up shame a long time ago. "
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" I auditioned for soap operas and commercials; I remember auditioning for Lays potato chips. It was a sort of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' sketch, where Captain Bligh was torturing the crew by saying, 'You can only have one Lays potato chip,' and they all rise up. "
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" 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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" I eat way too fast. "
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" My hairline is receding. So my days as a romantic lead - even though I've never had them - are behind me. "
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" It's very important to stay creative and not simply to wait around for people to want you. It's the hardest thing about the business. "
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" I look on myself as a sort of hybrid, having grown up in the world of Shakespeare out in the cornfields of Ohio. "
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" Voice work is fun. But about three-quarters of the things you enjoy about acting are just not there. You're not working with another actor; you're not working with an audience. You're just working with a bunch of writers and a microphone. It's very abstract. "
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You
Acting
" No villain thinks of himself as a villain, and that's the approach I always take. "
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Always
Approach
" Britain is probably the most sophisticated combination of a monarchy and a democracy. "
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Most
Sophisticated
Democracy
" Growing up in an atmosphere of storytelling made me an actor. "
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Growing Up
" My eagerness to please sometimes gets the better of me. "
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Sometimes
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Eagerness
" I never get tired of hearing compliments. "
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Hearing
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" I went to Princeton High School when I was very serious about being an artist. "
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Serious
School
" I got to have a great big knock-down, drag-out fight with Sylvester Stallone. Every actor should have that much fun at some point. You can hit him as hard as you can, and it's never enough for him. "
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You
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" Good acting is really excellent carpentry. "
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" I really prize and love great painting. "
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Love
Great
Prize
" I'd sleep under a Vermeer. "
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Sleep
" 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. "
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School
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" Whenever I play a role, it's like I've been kidnapped inside my own body. "
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" When good things come along, you end up saying yes to them. Because they're rare. "
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" Churchill is so particular. He's as different from the rest of the population of Britain as he is from me. "
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" I actually was very proud of 'Dexter' and had a wonderful time doing it, which must make me an extremely weird person. "
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