American - Actor | October 19, 1945 -
I owe my whole career as a storyteller to my father. He was an actor/director/producer and teacher.
John Lithgow
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To my mum, I owe security in a very insecure young life. We lived in about 10 different places because of my father's chequered career, and she always made me feel a sense of consistency and security. I was a well-mothered boy.
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I eat way too fast.
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I have a love/hate relationship with my height - I am 6 ft. 4 in.
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Next to the word 'luvvie' in the dictionary, there's a picture of me. At least in the American editions.
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My wife tells me I always have to have a project. A 'projectophile' or something. It's true. I always feel like the grass is growing under my feet.
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I actually was very proud of 'Dexter' and had a wonderful time doing it, which must make me an extremely weird person.
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I was on the Harvard board of overseers for six years, between 1989 and 1995.
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One of the problems in our lives is that people from different segments of our society just don't communicate with each other, nor do you ever see entertainment where they communicate with each other and fight with each other.
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I am in the business of exploring crazy possibilities.
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I am a storyteller, and the stories I tell are, when I'm lucky, really good ones. It's a very exciting thing to do with your life, and that's, I think, what keeps me hopeful.
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I'm a very hopeful person. I mean, I'm an optimistic person, sometimes stupidly optimistic.
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