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I auditioned for soap operas and commercials; I remember auditioning for Lays potato chips. It was a sort of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' sketch, where Captain Bligh was torturing the crew by saying, 'You can only have one Lays potato chip,' and they all rise up.

Author: John Lithgow - American Actor
  You , Remember , Saying , Sketch


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

Author: John Lithgow - American Actor
  Time , Tough , Comedy , Theme


Britain is probably the most sophisticated combination of a monarchy and a democracy.

Author: John Lithgow - American Actor
  Democracy , Most , Sophisticated , Monarchy


My very first role was when I was 2 1/2 years old; I was one of Nora's children in 'A Doll's House,' with my father playing Torvald.

Author: John Lithgow - American Actor
  Children , Father , House , Doll


My sense of myself is that I'm a character actor, and character actors are ready, willing, and able to do anything, to be totally different from themselves. That's my job, to be ready. I'm some kind of first responder.

Author: John Lithgow - American Actor
  Myself , Character , Job , Ready


Whenever I play a role, it's like I've been kidnapped inside my own body.

Author: John Lithgow - American Actor
  Inside , Body , My Own , Play


It's a delightful thing to do, to entertain kids. They're a completely different audience because of their total lack of irony. You're always after a total suspension of disbelief, but the only people you can really achieve it with is children.

Author: John Lithgow - American Actor
  You , People , Always , Children


If I don't enjoy it, there's something seriously wrong. There's a reason why they call it playing, what we do. It's ecstatic fun, and I overdo it - I mean, I can't seem to stop - people ask me to act, and I say yes.

Author: John Lithgow - American Actor
  Me , People , Fun , Enjoy


Good acting is really excellent carpentry.

Author: John Lithgow - American Actor
  Really , Good , Acting , Excellent


I actually was very proud of 'Dexter' and had a wonderful time doing it, which must make me an extremely weird person.

Author: John Lithgow - American Actor
  Me , Proud , Time , Weird


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