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… — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
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… — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be...proceeding. — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I… — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
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… — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
“In reality, conclusions are muddy, there are no final curtains, and life just goes on.” — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
