And I thought, my God, there's an off chance that they will say something that's really worth preserving and there is one way to do that and I knew what it was because I come from television. — James Lipton Copy Share Image
What I didn't know that by sticking to craft we would blow open some doors that I never saw opened before. — James Lipton Copy Share Image
The studio is meant to be always a place where, first of all, they can be out of spotlight, and second, where they could… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
I may be writing well, I may be writing poorly, but I enjoy the act of writing and sometimes when it turns out okay,… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
And I thought if I don't pre-interview - first of all, we couldn't afford it - but the second thing was it would force… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
I'll miss it until the day I die, and I'm convinced to this day that I can get on a horse and jump a… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors. — James Lipton Copy Share Image
I thought we would have at most an audience of 5,000 devotees because I made the decision to stick to craft, not to gossip,… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes. — James Lipton Copy Share Image
We are the only school in America, drama school in America that trains actors, writers and directors side by side for three years in… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong. — James Lipton Copy Share Image
I stopped writing at the age of 18. I had written incessantly before that. I read, of course, because I was in university, but… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
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… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
I was dealing with craft, and that's the surprising thing, the number of people who have literally broken down on our stage, because when… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
