Sam Elliott Quotes

• I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.

  Sam Elliott

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

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• Sometimes, you get the bear. Sometimes, the bear gets you.

  Sam Elliott

  Sports, Hockey, Bears

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• I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott.

  Sam Elliott

  Sex, Want, Tag

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you.

  Sam Elliott

  Careers, People, Motorcycle

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not a quick study, so I'm always struggling for my words right up until.

  Sam Elliott

  Struggle, Study

  "Why are Debra Winger and Sam Elliott doing a multi-cam sitcom for Netflix?". Interview by Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. March 30, 2016.

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• I'll do anything. I'll shave my head for the right job. I'm partial to my facial hair, I guess, but I also enjoy doing something where I look totally different, which is kind of the reason why I've always worn long hair. I can really change my look radically by getting rid of it.

  Sam Elliott

  Jobs, Hair, Long

  "Sam Elliott Interview – THE GOLDEN COMPASS". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 7, 2007.

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• I love the fact that I'm having an opportunity to make people laugh and you actually get to hear it.

  Sam Elliott

  Opportunity, People, Laughing

  "Why are Debra Winger and Sam Elliott doing a multi-cam sitcom for Netflix?". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. March 30, 2016.

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• Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.

  Sam Elliott

  Hollywood, Vets, Vietnam

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• I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten.

  Sam Elliott

  Nine, Wanted, Single Mindedness

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• I think I might have been a more interesting actor, had more of a career earlier on, if I had more formal preparation. When I see something ten years later that I was in I think, 'Boy, would I love to do that over.

  Sam Elliott

  Boys, Thinking, Years

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• Everyone is so preoccupied by youth. People talk about how the movie business is a microcosm of the bigger picture, or life imitating art, but the business is guilty for getting women out of the way.

  Sam Elliott

  Art, People, Way

  "Blythe Danner and Sam Elliott Play 70ish Leads in "I’ll See You in My Dreams". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. May 11, 2015.

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• Even after nearly 50 years in this business, I still feel like I'm lucky every time I get a decent job, but an opportunity to work with people of that ilk.

  Sam Elliott

  Jobs, Opportunity, Years

  "Sam Elliott on George Clooney's eyes, Jeff Bridges' dudeness, and working with Ron Swanson". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. October 10, 2013.

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• I'm a four star general in this thing, and you don't rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad.

  Sam Elliott

  Stars, Dad, Perfect

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• I read a lot of scripts. Most of 'em go to other actors.

  Sam Elliott

  Ems, Actors, Scripts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Making movies is never going to get better than working on a Coen brothers project.

  Sam Elliott

  Brother, Get Better, Projects

  "Sam Elliott on George Clooney's eyes, Jeff Bridges' dudeness, and working with Ron Swanson". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. October 10, 2013.

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• I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that's to be careful about what kind of work you do.

  Sam Elliott

  Years, Actors, Nine

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.

  Sam Elliott

  Opportunity, Numbers, Amazing Things

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• Hugh Grant is the main man. He's the number one romantic comedy man in the world.

  Sam Elliott

  Men, Numbers, World

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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