Quotes by Lyle Lovett

Dad often told me, 'My job is to help my boss do his job and make him look good.' That was my dad's objective. Everything about the way he conducted himself was to communicate support for his superiors and respect for his coworkers. The way he dressed was his starting point in that communication.

You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common.

I am limited by what I can think of to do-my choices are not so great.

I've gotten to work with some wonderful directors and people who have been great teachers to me.

The most important thing you can do as a performer is to be yourself, or be an onstage version of yourself. If you're not being true to yourself, and somebody likes that other version of you, you're kind of stuck.