197 Quotes by John Lithgow

I’m a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife.

I’d sleep under a Vermeer.

I can’t imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it’s so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it’s fun, and you get to live at home.

My father was a man of the theater. I grew up in a theater family. As a young man, as a boy, I gypsied around with my siblings and my parents to, like, eight different towns, went to eight different schools. All those things were extremely formative, and I think that’s what happens.

It’s my theory that if you hear enough applause and laughter at a young enough age, you’re doomed.

It’s very interesting, I had an extremely intense experience with my dad in 2002, when he was an old man and very ill and I was taking care of him and my mother, and he was extremely depressed, virtually lost the will to live, and I realized my main job was cheering him up to save his life.

I don’t hesitate to do nudity as an actor if it’s done well.

I really prize and love great painting. It’s so out of date now. It’s slightly come back in.

If you hear enough applause and laughter at a young enough age, you are doomed to become an actor.