Word: lithgowã
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Lithgow??s insistence on making a permanent impression embodies the theater scene at Harvard and, really, any overachieving Harvard student can relate to his experiences as an undergrad that influenced this attitude...
That subset is comprised of celebrities who, like Lithgow, are absolutely legendary among “Theater People” and who had “That One Thing” that made them somewhat famous among the general population (in Lithgow??s case, his starring role on the late-’90s sitcom “3rd Rock from the Sun”), but who never quite attained the cultural ubiquity of a pretty face like, say, Ashton Kutcher...
...Lithgow??s charming theatricality is incited by asking about the actual content of his speech. “I can’t tell you what my speech will be about,” he says, baiting me for the punchline, “mainly because I don’t know yet.” Indeed, the fact that he will know what he’s going to say beforehand at all is something of a change for him. “I do a lot of speaking, but I never read my speeches...
...Lithgow??s background gives him a different approach: “I intend on being memorable, as all actors do,” he says...
Although he would never put it in such sappy terms, it’s evident that there is a powerful guiding principle in Lithgow??s life: a belief in the radical power of the creative freedom of the arts. He’s recorded a number of children’s albums, writes children’s books, and works for literacy campaigns that, as he puts it, “capitalize on kids’ innate creativity and ability to play...