Lipton Quotes

I love that film. I say now that The Straight Story is my most experimental movie, but up until then, Fire Walk With Me was my most experimental film, and some of the things, the combos, you know, like, sequences... It was a dark film, but like Peggy Lipton said in an interview, it was just too much in people`s faces, and it didn`t have the humour of Twin Peaks. So it was what it was supposed to be, but it wasn`t what people wanted. It was supposed to be stand-alone, but it was also supposed to be the last week of Laura Palmer`s life. And all those things that had been established, they could be pleasant on one level to experience, but unpleasant on another level. - On Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

When asked by James Lipton on _"Inside The Actor`s Studio" (1987)_what attracts him to funny hats: "I don`t know, maybe I just read too much Dr. Seuss as a kid."

I told my mother I was gay, and she s...and she...and then her face went white, and then she said, `I would rather you were dead.` And I said, `I knew you`d understand.` And then once I got her head out of the oven, everything was fine. She came from a generation where, yes, of course, she would have preferred if I was straight and had gotten married, but she, uh, you know, she was very accepting. What she enjoyed most is when I was in a musical. She would always say, um, `I`m not saying this because I`m your mother; I`m saying it because it`s true: you were the best one.` (to James Lipton on "Inside the Actor`s Studio")