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

When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.

- 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

I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.

- James Lipton

I became an actor by accident, not by design.

- James Lipton

The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive.

- James Lipton

There's only one man I've called a coward, and that's Brian Doyle-Murray.

- James Lipton

Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes.

- 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 Aven…

- James Lipton