I was very interested in being a painter. I had facility, I had talent, and I loved painting and printmaking, and I was quite serious about it.
John LithgowHaving grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager in Shakespeare festivals that my father produced, I went off to college and fell in with the theater gang. I was already an experienced actor. I became a kind of campus star. I heard all this applause and laughter.
John LithgowI certainly had my years as an out of work actor but I was married with a baby. My wife was supporting us.
John LithgowWhen you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater.
John Lithgow