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title: "1 Actors Frustrated Quotes By Sam Waterston"
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/we-re-paid-to-care-that-s-what-actors-get-their-money-for-but-the/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

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## More by Sam Waterston

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/i-played-lucky-in-waiting-for-godot-at-yale-and-it-was-a-thing-that/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/as-for-lawyers-it-s-more-fun-to-play-one-than-to-be-one/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [I think people have some control over what they want; there's a relationship - maybe not automatic - between what you want and get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/i-think-people-have-some-control-over-what-they-want-there-s-a/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/good-directors-say-here-s-where-the-play-is-they-stand-by-the-heart/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/i-think-the-bait-for-doing-something-really-is-always-the-part/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [I dont think playing a villain is my greatest talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/i-dont-think-playing-a-villain-is-my-greatest-talent/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be...proceeding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/in-order-to-continue-to-do-interesting-work-you-need-to-be-proceeding/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/that-s-where-i-d-like-to-be-when-the-business-says-here-s-a-good/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/i-literally-was-saved-by-a-role-from-becoming-a-cab-driver-i-never/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [The Killing Fields, my character's teachings frame the movie and the argument of his lectures is the challenge of dealing with the painfulness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/the-killing-fields-my-character-s-teachings-frame-the-movie-and-the/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [“In reality, conclusions are muddy, there are no final curtains, and life just goes on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/in-reality-conclusions-are-muddy-there-are-no-final-curtains-and-life/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [I don't like driving much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/i-don-t-like-driving-much/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/if-you-re-going-to-be-born-ugly-and-be-an-actor-the-least-they-can-do/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [Painting is very interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/painting-is-very-interesting/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

> [The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/the-bad-guys-don-t-always-get-punished-and-the-good-guys-are-not/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

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