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Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me.
John Lithgow
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John Lithgow
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: October 19
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John Arthur Lithgow
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For me, working on stage is much more exhausting than all the other mediums, but it's also much more thrilling.
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When you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater.
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I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.
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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.
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I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife
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I learned the most about myself, and you ask what I learned? Well, I learned my strengths and my weaknesses, and it's far more important to learn about your weaknesses than your strengths.
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Anyone who hears enough laughter and applause at a young age will become an actor, whether they intend to or not.
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I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was.
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I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest
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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.
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My only regret is that we didn't have more kids. I came from a family of four kids, but my wife and I just started too late.
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If we are ever going to save this society and the world, there has got to be a way for us to work together. That may be more than we can ever hope to achieve, just because of human nature.
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I can't get used to the fact that I'm 68 years old. I still feel like a youngster. I am playing a part even older than 68 - 71 years old. It's kind of startling to see myself in a movie and realize, Yup. That's exactly what I look like.
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