James Lipton
James Lipton
James Liptonis an American writer, lyricist, actor and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City. He is the executive producer, writer and host of the Bravo cable television series Inside the Actors Studio, which debuted in 1994...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth19 September 1926
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
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I became a professional actor in Detroit and I was able to earn some money. It was a good job because it permitted me to study. It fit perfectly with school.
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I'd been on all the television programs as an actor, as a writer, as a director, as a producer.
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I became an actor by accident, not by design.
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It can be summed up in one sentence. Does this person have something to teach my students? No one has ever let us down.
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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.
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I threw Spielberg out at 12:15 in the morning. Spielberg and the students. Coppola, out at 12:15. Billy Joel out at 12:15 in the morning.
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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.
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I'd like to welcome you all to my venue, which is a bit cheeky, since it isn't my venue quite yet.
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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.
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I did get Tom Hanks to say, Life is just a box of chocolates.
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What I didn't know that by sticking to craft we would blow open some doors that I never saw opened before.
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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.
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We teach them ballroom dancing, because for so much of their careers they will be partnering each other the way you and I are right now.
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We still are now nothing more than a course. The show will continue to be a classroom, with the students as our audience, in a great institution.