James Lipton
James Lipton
James Liptonis an American writer, lyricist, actor and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City. He is the executive producer, writer and host of the Bravo cable television series Inside the Actors Studio, which debuted in 1994...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth19 September 1926
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
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We teach them ballroom dancing, because for so much of their careers they will be partnering each other the way you and I are right now.
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The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive.
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The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.
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I'll miss it until the day I die, and I'm convinced to this day that I can get on a horse and jump a course of fences satisfactorily. It doesn't leave you.
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When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.
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The foundation for film acting is stage acting.
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I jumped horses over big dangerous fences in competition. And got very, very good at it, at quite a high level. And I realized long since that, yeah, it's the same thing that appeals to me about it. You can't think about anything else, in either case; jumping horses in competition, show jumping, or flying an airplane, for whatever purpose.
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I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview.
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Olivier was another case of a genius, who couldn't understand why anybody would have any trouble doing this, because for him it came so easily.
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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.
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Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.
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They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show.
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Life is just a Box of Chocolates.
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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.