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 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
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
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
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
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
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
“In reality, conclusions are muddy, there are no final curtains, and life just goes on.” — Sam Waterston Copy Share
If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln. — Sam Waterston Copy Share
The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure. — Sam Waterston Copy Share
