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…

— Sam Waterston

As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.

— Sam Waterston

I think people have some control over what they want; there's a relationship - maybe not automatic - between what you want…

— 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.

— Sam Waterston

I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.

— Sam Waterston

I dont think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

— Sam Waterston

In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be...proceeding.

— 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.…

— Sam Waterston

I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking…

— 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…

— Sam Waterston

“In reality, conclusions are muddy, there are no final curtains, and life just goes on.”

— Sam Waterston

I don't like driving much.

— Sam Waterston

If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.

— Sam Waterston

Painting is very interesting.

— Sam Waterston

The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.

— Sam Waterston

I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.

— Sam Waterston

I don't think there's anything to be desired in a bunch of people chasing you around, trying to get a piece of…

— Sam Waterston

I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people.

— Sam Waterston

Separation is painful, and there's such a thing as doing it too much - the limits are how much it hurts.

— Sam Waterston

If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but…

— Sam Waterston

I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.

— Sam Waterston

I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

— Sam Waterston

I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism,…

— Sam Waterston

Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.

— Sam Waterston

I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.

— Sam Waterston