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The Broadway audience is made up of a greater percentage of tourists now. There's not nearly as much variety and danger and challenge in what's being offered.

~John Lithgow

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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.

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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.

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When good things come along, you end up saying yes to them. Because they're rare.

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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.

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

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Actors are not necessarily smart people.

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I tell young people, including my own kids, don't do this, it's too difficult. It's a career full of rejection, disappointment and failure. It's murderously hard on the ego. Don't become an actor.

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It's very important to stay creative and not simply to wait around for people to want you. It's the hardest thing about the business.

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We're in the business of using real emotions to bring pretend emotions to life.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: October 19th, 1945

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