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James Lipton Quotes

James Lipton quotes

American Educator September 19, 1926

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If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reexamine them, something would happen. James Lipton
James Lipton quote: "I did get Tom Hanks to say, Life is just a box of chocolates."
I did get Tom Hanks to say, Life is just a box of chocolates. James Lipton
James Lipton quote: "Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's..."
Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not. James Lipton
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
I was dealing with craft, and that's the surprising thing, the number of people who have literally broken down on our stage, because when you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong. James Lipton
When it began I wrote this passionate letter to people I knew, studio members, of course, and other people with whom we have worked over the years and I said come and teach our students. James Lipton
I had something called the back of the chair test. Where I sit, we don't sit like you and I do. I can see a sliver right behind them and they come out and they sit like this like god students and they don't touch the back of the chair. James Lipton
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
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
James Lipton quote: "The definition of genius, really, should be that that person..."
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
I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview. James Lipton
Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene. James Lipton
The studio is meant to be always a place where, first of all, they can be out of spotlight, and second, where they could work with a peer group on parts that they might not have played otherwise. James Lipton
Olivier was another case of a genius, who couldn't understand why anybody would have any trouble doing this, because for him it came so easily. James Lipton
James Lipton quote: "It can be summed up in one sentence. Does this person have..."
It can be summed up in one sentence. Does this person have something to teach my students? No one has ever let us down. James Lipton

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