People Quote by 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.”

Sam Waterston

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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…

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

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Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.

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

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I dont think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

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

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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.

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

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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…

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

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I don't like driving much.

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

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Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.

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