I went to Harvard and immediately fell into the theater gang, and I was already an experienced actor, so you go with the flow! I've already used the phrase "campus star."
John LithgowFor me, working on stage is much more exhausting than all the other mediums, but it's also much more thrilling.
John LithgowGrowing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main reason being there was something I wanted to do far more, which was be an artist.
John LithgowI went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.
John LithgowI always tell that to young people - go to college, do theater, work with an audience. Don't try to learn how to act in front of millions and millions of people. Don't make that your first ambition, to be on a sitcom or get into the movies. Learn who you are as an actor, and the best way to do that is to do it in front of an audience.
John Lithgow