John Lithgow famous quotes

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.
-- John Lithgow

#People #Care #Be Kind

We should have charity for what the dead say. We may disapprove of what they say, but we should not insult them and revile them knowing they cannot not defend themselves.
-- John Lithgow

#Knowing #Charity #May

Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.
-- John Lithgow

#Time #Inspiration #Bugs

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't.
-- John Lithgow

#Real #Believe #Artist

In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.
-- John Lithgow

#Discovery #Film #Moments

Books make great gifts because they're something you love that you can share.
-- John Lithgow

#Book #Share #Something You Love

I never get tired of hearing compliments.
-- John Lithgow

#Tired #Hearing #Compliment

I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was.
-- John Lithgow

#Ideas #Littles #Remember

I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home.
-- John Lithgow

#Fun #Home #Long

I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable.
-- John Lithgow

#Lucky #Actors #Employed

For me, working on stage is much more exhausting than all the other mediums, but it's also much more thrilling.
-- John Lithgow

#Stage #Mediums

Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
-- John Lithgow

#Sense Of Humor #Infantile

Everybody's a dreamer.
-- John Lithgow

#Dream #Dreamer

The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.
-- John Lithgow

#Play #Acting #Roles

I Need a Good Book I need a good story. I need a good book. The kind that explodes Off the shelf. I need some good writing, Alive and exciting, To contemplate all by myself. I need a good novel, I need a good read. I probably need Two or three. I need a good tale Of love and betrayal Or perhaps an adventure at sea. I need a good saga. I need a good yarn. A momentous and mightily Or slight one. But with thousands and thousands And thousands of books, I need someone to tell me The right one. -John Lithgow
-- John Lithgow

#Betrayal #Book #Adventure

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.
-- John Lithgow

#Challenges #Tourism #Tourists

You kill three people, they call you a murderer. You kill a million people, they call you a conqueror. Go figure.
-- John Lithgow

#People #Three #Politics

I'd sleep under a Vermeer.
-- John Lithgow

#Sleep #Vermeer

Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me.
-- John Lithgow

#Mother #Milk

There's nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night.
-- John Lithgow

#Night #Evening #Spending

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.
-- John Lithgow

#Awards #Perspective #Bigs

What you aspire to on a sitcom is the feeling of live comedy.
-- John Lithgow

#Feelings #Comedy #Sitcom

It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.
-- John Lithgow

#Running #Long #Tough Times

When you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater.
-- John Lithgow

#Successful #Ends #Theater

I gave up shame a long time ago.
-- John Lithgow

#Long #Shame #Gave Up

I keep looking for things I haven't done yet.
-- John Lithgow

#Done

I have a lot of faith in people.
-- John Lithgow

#People

I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.
-- John Lithgow

#Play

If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too
-- John Lithgow

#Kids #Reader

If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare
-- John Lithgow

#Ducks #Acting #Actors

I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest
-- John Lithgow

#Earth #Nests #Foul

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music
-- John Lithgow

#West #Sides #Looks

I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife
-- John Lithgow

#Fun #Father #Wife

My only regret is that we didn't have more kids. I came from a family of four kids, but my wife and I just started too late.
-- John Lithgow

#Regret #Kids #Wife