When I went to school, my intention was to be a lawyer. When I attended university that was still the clear intention; I was going to be a lawyer. Why? Because it was as far as I could get from my father's antics and world. I thought that the world of the arts probably led people into the kind of behavior I had seen with him and that had resulted in a lot of hard times for my mother and me.
James LiptonIf heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
James LiptonThe definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.
James LiptonThere 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