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" I never get tired of hearing compliments. "
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. "
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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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" One of the things you learn as an actor is that human beings are capable of almost anything. I'm sort of in the business of illustrating that fact. "
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" When people are taking something extremely seriously, that's the time to take out the pig's bladder. "
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" Oh, I'm dying to play Donald Trump someday, just because he's an unbelievable character. I'm a character actor; that's what you look for: outsized human beings. "
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" To my mum, I owe security in a very insecure young life. We lived in about 10 different places because of my father's chequered career, and she always made me feel a sense of consistency and security. I was a well-mothered boy. "
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" If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too. "
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" We all have our secrets, and we all have our deceptions. Acting, at its best, is all about deceiving people, and this makes it all the more interesting to us. "
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" I'm getting older, but better, too. And the roles are getting better. "
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