If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln. Sam Waterston More Quotes by Sam Waterston More Quotes From Sam Waterston As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one. Sam Waterston feetplayfun There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking. Sam Waterston no-problemeffortproblem The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city. Sam Waterston virtuecitiescountry Separation is painful, and there's such a thing as doing it too much - the limits are how much it hurts. Sam Waterston too-muchlimitshurt I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject. Sam Waterston successfatherthinking I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people. Sam Waterston dumb-peopledumbpeople 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 'method' if you can count on your inspiration and it was a moment of inspiration that came to me, not in rehearsal but on stage. It hit me right there in the middle of the play and it was great - it travelled into immediate communication. Sam Waterston communicationinspirationyale In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be...proceeding. Sam Waterston orderinterestingneeds 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 good-actorsactorsuse 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 wantpeoplethinking I don't like driving much. Sam Waterston driving If you're not moving forward, you're falling back. Sam Waterston moving-forwardfallmoving I don't think there's anything to be desired in a bunch of people chasing you around, trying to get a piece of your clothing. Sam Waterston tryingpeoplethinking 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 television set. That's what we're trying for. Sam Waterston frustratedshoesgoal The bad guys dont always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure. Sam Waterston good-guybad-guysguy I dont think playing a villain is my greatest talent. Sam Waterston villaintalentthinking I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972. Sam Waterston new-yorkmightlooks 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 even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest. Sam Waterston careersdoneoffering Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently. 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 guess I had it pretty soft. Sam Waterston cab-driversroleswaiting
