James Lipton famous quotes

03-25-2025

The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive.
-- James Lipton

#Differences #Acting #Fundamentals
I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting.
-- James Lipton

#Thinking #Talking #Interesting
If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reexamine them, something would happen.
-- James Lipton

#Example #Moments #Persons
I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see this one coming up Sixth Avenue - never ask a question the answer to which you do not know.
-- James Lipton

#Art #Answers #Examination
I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview.
-- James Lipton

#Talking #Able #Way
Olivier was another case of a genius, who couldn't understand why anybody would have any trouble doing this, because for him it came so easily.
-- James Lipton

#Genius #Trouble #Cases
The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.
-- James Lipton

#Genius #Definitions #Should
Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.
-- James Lipton

#Laughing #Comedian #Analyzing
The foundation for film acting is stage acting.
-- James Lipton

#Acting #Foundation #Film
They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show.
-- James Lipton

#Writing #Two #Miracle
When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.
-- James Lipton

#Strong #Talking #Important
There's only one man I've called a coward, and that's Brian Doyle-Murray.
-- James Lipton

#Men #Coward #Brian
If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
-- James Lipton

#Heaven #Gates #Pearly Gates
Life is just a Box of Chocolates.
-- James Lipton

#Chocolate #Box Of Chocolates #Life Is
Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be.
-- James Lipton

#Thinking #Genius #Easier
Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene.
-- James Lipton

#Mean #Live In The Moment #Splits
Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes.
-- James Lipton

#Language #Protection #Natural

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