Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
John Lithgow

Everybody's a dreamer.
John Lithgow

For me, working on stage is much more exhausting than all the other mediums, but it's also much more thrilling.
John Lithgow

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.
John Lithgow

I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable.
John Lithgow

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.
John Lithgow

I gave up shame a long time ago.
John Lithgow

I have a lot of faith in people.
John Lithgow

I keep looking for things I haven't done yet.
John Lithgow

I never get tired of hearing compliments.
John Lithgow


I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.
John Lithgow

I'd sleep under a Vermeer.
John Lithgow

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't.
John Lithgow

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

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.
John Lithgow

If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare.
John Lithgow

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

In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.
John Lithgow

It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.
John Lithgow

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music.
John Lithgow