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I did get Tom Hanks to say, Life is just a box of chocolates.
James Lipton
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Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be.
James Lipton
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I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see this one coming up Sixth Avenue - never ask a question the answer to which you do not know.
James Lipton
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I criticize those critics. The reason being that they're doing one of the worst things that ever can be done to an actor, which is to say, Look, you do what we like you to do or else.
James Lipton
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Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.
James Lipton
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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.
James Lipton
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I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting.
James Lipton
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The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.
James Lipton
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And I thought, my God, there's an off chance that they will say something that's really worth preserving and there is one way to do that and I knew what it was because I come from television.
James Lipton
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I thought we would have at most an audience of 5,000 devotees because I made the decision to stick to craft, not to gossip, not to be interested in any of the juicy stuff that they talk about on other shows, but stick to the question of craft.
James Lipton
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They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors.
James Lipton
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