James Lipton Quotes

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• 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…
• Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be.
• Life is just a Box of Chocolates.
• If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
• There's only one man I've called a coward, and that's Brian Doyle-Murray.
• When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.
• The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive.
• 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…
• The foundation for film acting is stage acting.
• Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.
• The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.
• 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.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting.
• I did get Tom Hanks to say, Life is just a box of chocolates.
• 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, not…
• It can be summed up in one sentence. Does this person have something to teach my students? No one has ever let us down.
• The studio is meant to be always a place where, first of all, they can be out of spotlight, and second, where they could work…

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