197 Quotes by John Lithgow

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 for: outsized human beings.

My worst audition was for Tim Burton for 'Batman.'

An artist is always thinking of something else. My father was like that. He had this feeling of abstraction, and I do, too.

Actors are not necessarily smart people.

I really prize and love great painting.

I was married very young. I lived a very middle class life. I was married at age 21, divorced at 31.

No villain thinks of himself as a villain, and that's the approach I always take.

Anytime a culture is in economic stress, ugly things start happening.

When I was a teenager, I remember the extraordinary feeling of accomplishment for completing 'Vanity Fair.' I don't think it was even for school.