Christopher Lloyd

“I find it difficult to work if I don't know the lines, you know, and not just knowing - they're second nature to me. Then, whatever happens in the performance when you're actually doing it, you're not going to go off. You're going to retain all of that. So I like to have my lines.”

“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.”

“I wanted to do film. I was living in New York and working in theater, but I always wanted to do film.”

“I had told my agents that I didn't want to do television. I can't believe I had that gall, looking back on it. I would never condescend to do TV, and then 'Taxi' called up for a guest spot in the first season. And my common sense kind of took over, I guess.”

“I grew up on Charles Addams' cartoons, particularly 'The Addams Family,' and Uncle Fester was always one of my favorites.”

“Time travel is a fantasy we all have. The 'Back to the Future' series really exploits that wish.”

“I don't worry too much about typecasting. I just figure, one way or another, I'm going to find another role.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I'm kind of lethargic in real life.”

“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.”

“In New York theater, you always talk about wanting a great ensemble of actors.”

“I'm not too picky. I'm not waiting, sitting around for the ideal and perfect role. I like to work, so I try to make the best of whatever opportunity comes up.”

“There were a couple times with close-ups where I tended to overact. I would use more of my face than I needed to. I learned how to be more subtle.”

“I meet people on the street who literally chose their careers because they saw 'Back to the Future' and decided they wanted to be scientists or astronomers or engineers.”

“I sense from people that they get frustrated with me for not being out and about. But I guess I'm a shy boy.”

“I don't like to repeat myself.”

“I ventured into a world of sitcom, and I have no regrets. I loved it.”

“We were all such odd characters, even though we were a really functional family, in a way, as eccentric and crazy as we were. And it was such a wonderful feeling amongst us of being a family almost. We were 'The Addams Family!'”

“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.”