Sam Waterston Quotes

• As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.

  Sam Waterston

  Fun, Play, Feet

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• I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people.

  Sam Waterston

  People, Dumb, Dumb People

  "Fictional character: Charlie Skinner". "The Newsroom" (TV Series), www.imdb.com. 2012.

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• If you're not moving forward, you're falling back.

  Sam Waterston

  Moving, Fall, Moving Forward

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

  Sam Waterston

  Effort, Problem, No Problem

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• I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.

  Sam Waterston

  Success, Father, Thinking

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• I played Lucky in Waiting for Godot at Yale and it was a thing that Stanislavski talks about: he says you don't need his 'method' if you can count on your inspiration and it was a moment of inspiration that came to me, not in rehearsal but on stage. It hit me right there in the middle of the play and it was great - it travelled into immediate communication.

  Sam Waterston

  Communication, Inspiration, Yale

  "New Again: Sam Waterston". Interview with Martin Torgoff, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 27, 2015.

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• The bad guys dont always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.

  Sam Waterston

  Guy, Good Guy, Bad Guys

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• Separation is painful, and there's such a thing as doing it too much - the limits are how much it hurts.

  Sam Waterston

  Hurt, Too Much, Limits

  "New Again: Sam Waterston". Interview with Martin Torgoff, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 27, 2015.

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• I think people have some control over what they want; there's a relationship - maybe not automatic - between what you want and get.

  Sam Waterston

  Thinking, People, Want

  "New Again: Sam Waterston". Interview with Martin Torgoff, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 27, 2015.

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• In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be...proceeding.

  Sam Waterston

  Order, Interesting, Needs

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• We're paid to care. That's what actors get their money for. But the main goal is not for the actors to be frustrated at the end of the show, but for the audience to be throwing their shoes at the television set. That's what we're trying for.

  Sam Waterston

  Shoes, Goal, Frustrated

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.

  Sam Waterston

  Country, Cities, Virtue

  "New Again: Sam Waterston". Interview with Martin Torgoff, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 27, 2015.

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• That's where I'd like to be: when the business says here's a good actor who is marketable so we can use him. Just that.

  Sam Waterston

  Use, Actors, Good Actors

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I don't think there's anything to be desired in a bunch of people chasing you around, trying to get a piece of your clothing.

  Sam Waterston

  Thinking, People, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I don't like driving much.

  Sam Waterston

  Driving

  "New Again: Sam Waterston". Interview with Martin Torgoff, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 27, 2015.

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• Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.

  Sam Waterston

  Firsts, Roles, Proud

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• I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.

  Sam Waterston

  Waiting, Cab Drivers, Roles

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• I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.

  Sam Waterston

  Home, Listening, Opera

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• If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.

  Sam Waterston

  Abraham, Ifs

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• I dont think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

  Sam Waterston

  Thinking, Talent, Villain

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• Painting is very interesting.

  Sam Waterston

  Interesting, Painting, Very Interesting

  "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Sam Waterston". Interview with Robert Simonson, www.playbill.com. July 12, 2004.

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• I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest.

  Sam Waterston

  Careers, Offering, Done

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• I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.

  Sam Waterston

  New York, Looks, Might

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• If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like.

  Sam Waterston

  Strong, Business, Fate

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• Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.

  Sam Waterston

  Heart, Play, Directors

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