197 Quotes by John Lithgow

I do think - I always tell that to young people - go to college, do theater, work with an audience. Don't try to learn how to act in front of millions and millions of people. Don't make that your first ambition, to be on a sitcom or get into the movies. Learn who you are as an actor, and the best way to do that is to do it in front of an audience.

I went to - I got a wonderful college education. I went to Harvard. In those four years, I accumulated a lot of knowledge, but I also created a kind of habit of learning that has stayed with me my whole life.

The first long chapter of my career was almost entirely theater so that, by the time I was 30, 35, I sort of knew who I was as an actor, and I was gradually learning who I was as a human being.

Britain is probably the most sophisticated combination of a monarchy and a democracy.

The zombie is the new, sort of, archetype of our times.

Growing up in an atmosphere of storytelling made me an actor.

If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too.

There is less difference than you would imagine entertaining little children and entertaining adults.

The Wodehouse language is so rich and detailed and hilarious.