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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Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes.
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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.
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Landing the airplane I think is the most difficult thing that I've every learned to do in my life.
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Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be.
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Life is just a Box of Chocolates.
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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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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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Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.
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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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I became an actor by accident, not by design.
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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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The foundation for film acting is stage acting.
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I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.