James Lipton Quotes

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.

Comedians don’t laugh. They’re too busy analyzing why it’s funny or not.

Geniuses always think it’s easier than we make it out to be.

And I thought if I don’t pre-interview – first of all, we couldn’t afford it – but the second thing was it would force me to do my own research, which takes two weeks.

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.

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.