I'm always being asked to play roles or characters that I don't really resemble. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Whenever I play a role, it's like I've been kidnapped inside my own body. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
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… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
It's wonderful to play a villain who gets a laugh or to stop a comedy dead in its tracks with a touching… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
In TV and movies, you get known for a certain thing, and that's what's expected. Onstage, people are more open to whatever… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
'M. Butterfly' is usually the answer to the question, 'What has been your favorite experience?' The reason being, it is an astonishing… — 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
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
It's nice when you've done enough movies that you can do your own anthology. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
We all grow up with inherited genes and inherited sensibilities, and they run very, very deep. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
