People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but actors are a lot more versatile than you think! Sam Heughan More Quotes by Sam Heughan More Quotes From Sam Heughan I don't need to be successful. I love theater and I love acting so as long as I'm doing that I'm happy and I'm learning. If I end up going back to the U.K. to do some theater, great! Sounds fantastic. Sam Heughan actingsuccessfullong There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that. Sam Heughan silencelisteningpeople Shakespeare language is fantastic, and to be honest, you dont need to do anything to Shakespeare. Sam Heughan honestlanguageneeds I'm kind of obsessed by Everest and all those men that mountaineer and take themselves to extreme limits. Having gone back to Scotland to work on Outlander, I've been climbing a lot and getting out in the Highlands. Sam Heughan scotlandclimbingmen It sounds almost unreal, but I was born and raised on old castlegrounds - Kenmure Castle. Sam Heughan castlesbornsound I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical, it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear. Sam Heughan fishermanscotlandgrew-up Scotland is about layering. The weather changes every 10 minutes. Sam Heughan scotlandminutesweather I love the outdoors, I love climbing mountains. But I also like to walk down the street in New York in the fall and go to a bar. So what I require of a jacket is different, but it still has that heritage. Sam Heughan climbingnew-yorkfall The local shepherd, I vividly remember his old Barbour jacket, with a hipflask in the pocket. It just feels very familiar - like part of my childhood. The smell of the wax. Whenever I put one on now, it just feels comforting. Sam Heughan smellchildhoodcomforting [Vice chairman of Barbour] Helen [Barbour] and I realized that I come from the same village that her ancestor John Barbour came from, who created Barbour. It just seemed like such a great connection. Sam Heughan villageconnectionsvices Im obsessed with the moon and space travel, so if I could incorporate that, Id love to go to space. Sam Heughan obsessedspacemoon I'm very lucky. I had a great childhood. Sam Heughan childhoodlucky I've been in the industry long enough now - I've been a working actor since 2002. I'm very aware that at some point, I won't be as successful as I am now, so I'm enjoying it. I know that there will be points where it's not going as well, and I'm prepared for that. Sam Heughan successfulenoughlong It's hard to make a book episodic. Sam Heughan hardbook I've always been into endurance sport, which I think is more about your mind pushing your body, which is definitely why that Bear Grylls book sung to me. Sam Heughan sportsbookthinking I'm a notorious late-night texter. I seem to use a lot of lip, heart, and tongue emoji. Sam Heughan late-nighttongueuseheart I was doing a tour of the 'Batman' live stage production, and I challenged the cast to join me to run. One time, we were running in Switzerland just before Christmas, and it was heavy snow. Another time, we were running down the Seine in Paris on Christmas Day, and we all had Santa hats on. Sam Heughan daymechristmastime I love a burger and fries, but it's not what I crave. I love to eat healthily. Sam Heughan burgereatcravelove I kind of crave loneliness. Sam Heughan cravelonelinesskind Hiking is a great passion of mine, and I find myself picking up empty bottles. Sam Heughan findgreatmyselfpassion
