James Lipton Remembered by Actors Studio's Ellen Burstyn: "He Was Not a Shy Man"
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hollywoodreporter.comEllen Burstyn is the Oscar-winning actress who serves as co-president of the Actors Studio and has been co-host of Inside the Actors Studio since James Lipton retired in 2019.
First of all, I knew him as a writer. He wrote that incredible book Exaltation of Larks, so I knew him from that. And then he came to the Actors Studio to the playwright-directors unit after Lee Strasberg had died and I learned that he was so much more than a writer.
He produced, he directed, he studied ballet dancing and had been a choreographer at one point. Jim came up with the idea of starting a school at the Actors Studio.
That was his idea. Lee had always taken on the responsibility for keeping the Studio going — he had his friends donate money to keep the doors.
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