I became a professional actor in Detroit and I was able to earn some money. It was a good job because it permitted me to study. It fit perfectly with school. James Lipton More Quotes by James Lipton More Quotes From James Lipton The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive. James Lipton differencesactingfundamentals I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting. James Lipton talkinginterestingthinking When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong. James Lipton importantstrongtalking There are still actors who use emotional memory, affective memory, which was Lee Strasberg's emphasis, not his total emphasis. She taught everything at the Actor's Studio. But nevertheless, she felt that it impeded her. James Lipton emotionalusememories If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? James Lipton pearly-gatesgatesheaven I must confess that when I'm alone in my study, here in New York, writing; that's when I'm happy. James Lipton studynew-yorkwriting I'd been on all the television programs as an actor, as a writer, as a director, as a producer. James Lipton actorsdirectorstelevision Always accepting the greatest joy of all is the time that I get to spend with my wife. James Lipton wifeacceptingjoy There's only one man I've called a coward, and that's Brian Doyle-Murray. James Lipton briancowardmen The foundation for film acting is stage acting. James Lipton foundationfilmacting I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see this one coming up Sixth Avenue - never ask a question the answer to which you do not know. James Lipton examinationanswersart I became an actor by accident, not by design. James Lipton accidentsdesignactors I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy. James Lipton readingwritingpeople Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be. James Lipton easiergeniusthinking The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do. James Lipton definitionsgeniusshould I'd been on everybody else's show and there was always a preinterview. Somebody would come with a tape recorder and you'd talk for three or four hours, and they'd take it back and it would be transcribed, and it would be given to the writers, those many writers you see on all those shows, Larry King, Letterman, Leno, etc. And then they choose the answers that will be most evocative on their show. James Lipton threekingswould-be Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes. James Lipton protectionlanguagenatural If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reexamine them, something would happen. James Lipton momentspersonsexample Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene. James Lipton splitslive-in-the-momentmean The Pivot Questionnaire that I ask other people, when I have on rare occasion answered it, the answer to the question, "What turns you on?" Is words. Not mine, other people's. Words, words, words, that's what turns me on. James Lipton rare-occasionanswerspeople
