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… — Sam Elliott Copy Share Image
I did beef ads for about eight years because I love the people in that industry, and there are a lot of people who… — Sam Elliott Copy Share
My family is all from the Southwest. My great-great-grandfather was at the Battle of San Jacinto with Sam Houston. — Sam Elliott Copy Share
My voice gets recognized before anything else. It's always gotten attention. In choruses at church and school, I started as a tenor, moved to… — Sam Elliott Copy Share
I was in the cement end of the construction business, as a laborer. I was pouring concrete, and stripping forms off of set concrete,… — Sam Elliott Copy Share
I love the fact that I'm having an opportunity to make people laugh and you actually get to hear it. — Sam Elliott Copy Share
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… — Sam Elliott Copy Share
I just went to see too many movies and I sat in too many dark matinees watching those old serials. — Sam Elliott Copy Share
I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you. — Sam Elliott Copy Share
I've had those periods in my career when I was sitting around waiting for a phone call and had an agent who was doing… — Sam Elliott Copy Share
I spent a lot of time growing up in Oregon after I left California. Spent a lot of time in the woods. — Sam Elliott Copy Share
You know, I know a lot of lifeguards. Both my parents were lifeguards at a lake in El Paso, Texas. I was a lifeguard… — Sam Elliott Copy Share
