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...Lemmon spoke of his love for the stage, saying:"The feeling of working in front of an audience,there is nothing like that in the world...I havealways preferred theater to film. That contactbetween you and an audience...you can feel whenit's not right. There is no feeling like that...
...from glorifying the life of the actor,however, both Lemmon and Lithgow commented on thedifficulties of breaking into the acting scene...
...Lemmon bluntly put it, "the only thing I cansay about it to any of you who are interested inacting, as [Lithgow] will second I'm sure, is thatit is one high-risk profession. Extremelyhigh-risk; you may never make it. You can stay inthe minor leagues forever or until you decide todrop out. Or you might get lucky...
...When I was here there was nothing in the arts," Lemmon said. "If you had told any of us that did care about acting, writing, directing, film, painting or whatever at that time, that Bobby Brustein and Loeb ,Theatre were going to be here one day, we wouldhave said, 'You're crazy, not here, not at thisplace, because they don't care. They are notinterested.' It was totally different than it istoday as far as attitude and any concentration inthe arts, creative or interpretive...
...Lemmon, a two-time Oscar winner who is mostfamous for his roles in movies such as "Some LikeIt Hot," admitted it was difficult going fromHarvard to New York after graduating...