Christopher Lloyd quotes

Christopher Lloyd is an American actor famous for his eccentric and memorable roles in film and television. Audiences know him best as Dr. Emmett Brown in the "Back to the Future" trilogy and as Reverend Jim Ignatowski on the TV series "Taxi." He has received multiple awards for his performances and remains a beloved figure in popular culture. Here are 32 of his quotes:

I get asked a lot what the key is to creating a hit show, and I have a standard answer: Do everything right, and then get lucky 10 ways. (Christopher Lloyd)
A lot of things you just stumble into: relationships or ways of putting characters opposite one another that really worked. So then it's not always so much about imitating other people, but imitating yourself, at least in your thinking. View quote
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A sign that negotiations were handled well on both sides is that everybody probably feels a little bit like they didn't get what they wanted. View quote
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I'm somewhat of a solitary person. View quote
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In New York theater, you always talk about wanting a great ensemble of actors. View quote
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The outburst of sexual freedom in the '60s was bound to happen because the '50s were so oppressing. You had to live that way; women had to be like this - it was all locked into a false reality. View quote
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We live in an era now where every episode is reviewed 80 different times on the Internet by periodicals you've never even heard of. View quote
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I've worked a lot with kids before. They can be very, very difficult, just because they're kids. View quote
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I didn't imagine that 30 years later, there'd be this enthusiasm and excitement about it. This celebration, I didn't see that coming at all. Back to the Future came out, and there was a two-year lapse, and we did II and III together. We were just making another movie and hoping it gets past opening night. But the kids who saw this film, they've grown up and had kids, who have grown up and had kids. It's exponential, it just keeps spreading out more and more. But the film has aged well. I saw it last night. It seems very contemporary. View quote
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A picador is the guy in a bullfight who helps make sure the matador doesn't get killed by distracting the bull. That's what TV writing is. You're just distracting the bull long enough to stick around for the next set of commercials. View quote
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My work up to then had been very uneven, I would be good one night, dull the next. Meisner made me aware of how to be consistent in using the best that I have to offer. But I guess nobody can teach you the knack, or whatever it is, that helps you come to life on stage. (Christopher Lloyd)
I never thought of it (becoming a classic). It never occurred to me. I was going to be happy if it had a good, strong run, if it was a popular film. I thought it would run its course and that would be that. But it just kept rolling along and it keeps rolling along, and generation after generation keeps showing up to see it. It's a wonderful thing to be a part of something that means so much to so many people and that just keeps thriving. View quote
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I guess nobody can teach you the knack, or whatever it is, that helps you come to life on stage. View quote
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I don't know if there are too many other trilogies with stories that have continued to captivate audiences like 'Back to the Future' has. View quote
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The film I had the most fun in was 'Back to the Future Part III.' It had horseback riding, and all that work, all that training, was quite an experience. View quote
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I had an attitude about some work, like television sitcoms. It was selling your soul. View quote
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When I started out, I didn't know if I was ever going to make a movie. View quote
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I feel that I have been very fortunate and had the opportunity to play some wonderful roles and movies and worked with some great talent. View quote
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I tend to avoid things like award shows and panels and interviews, not remotely because I feel I'm above them or wish to cultivate the image of the intriguing recluse. I'm just not very good at them. View quote
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In point of fact, I'm not sure there are too many comedies with laugh tracks anymore. Most of what you hear is live studio audience laughing as a show is filmed. If this prompts you to wonder who those actual human beings are who are laughing at some of this stuff, that is a mystification I share. View quote
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I was just very shy. I was never anxious to do talk shows, as I didn't know what to say. And I don't feel I have any inherent interest. But as I'm getting older, I feel I want to be able to share whatever I know if it means something to someone. (Christopher Lloyd)
I ventured into a world of sitcom, and I have no regrets. I loved it. View quote
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I wanted to do film. I was living in New York and working in theater, but I always wanted to do film. View quote
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I turned down a film that was offered to me in the very early '80s, a Scorsese film. That probably wasn't a good career move. View quote
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The time and preparation before a play is something I really value, and it's something I learned in New York. View quote
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Christopher Lloyd

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Photo: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Actor
Born: October 22, 1938
Quotes count: 32