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Any character you play, you're on his side. You do have the third eye that looks at what an appalling creature he is, but you have to look at what's good about him.
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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Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.
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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.
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Instead of being a theater actor who sometimes does movies I became a movie actor who sometimes does theater.
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That's how you deal with stardom you make it the least important part of your life.
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There's nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night.
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