James Lipton Quotes

Because – Bobby Lewis said this once to us in class, the better you get, the less credit you’ll get. Because the better you are, the more it looks like walking and talking and everybody thinks they can walk and talk.

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, 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.

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.