When you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Instead of being a theater actor who sometimes does movies I became a movie actor who sometimes does theater. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I love New York. I lived there all through the '70s and have lived in L.A. since the early '80s but come… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I went to Harvard and immediately fell into the theater gang, and I was already an experienced actor, so you go with… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
The first long chapter of my career was almost entirely theater so that, by the time I was 30, 35, I sort… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
My father was a man of the theater. I grew up in a theater family. As a young man, as a boy,… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I always tell that to young people - go to college, do theater, work with an audience. Don't try to learn how… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I grew up in a theater family. My father was a regional theater classical repertory producer. He created Shakespeare festivals. He produced… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
One of the things that gives me a lot of pleasure about both the solo show and the book is that it… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
It's nice when you've done enough movies that you can do your own anthology. — John Lithgow Copy Share
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… — John Lithgow Copy Share
My sense of myself is that I'm a character actor, and character actors are ready, willing, and able to do anything, to be totally… — John Lithgow Copy Share
The essence of comedy, drama, and horror is surprise. I have an uncanny ability to surprise people because they look at my face, and… — John Lithgow Copy Share
I think there are all sorts of ways of turning into an actor, and there are a vast variety of different actors. You know,… — John Lithgow Copy Share
My very first role was when I was 2 1/2 years old; I was one of Nora's children in 'A Doll's House,' with my… — John Lithgow Copy Share
I'm as flighty as anybody. You put a lot out there. I've been through the process a lot. When I play a major role,… — John Lithgow Copy Share
We all grow up with inherited genes and inherited sensibilities, and they run very, very deep. — John Lithgow Copy Share
