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

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

Sam Waterston quotes: In reality, conclusions are muddy, there are no final curtains, and life just goes on.

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

Sam Waterston quotes: There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

Sam Waterston quotes: Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.

Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.

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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Painting is very interesting.

Painting is very interesting.

Sam Waterston quotes: If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.

If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.

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

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

Sam Waterston quotes: I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.

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

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

Sam Waterston quotes: Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.

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

Sam Waterston quotes: If you're not moving forward, you're falling back.

If you're not moving forward, you're falling back.

Sam Waterston quotes: I think people have some control over what they want; there's a relationship - maybe not automatic - between what you want and get.

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

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

Sam Waterston quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

Sam Waterston quotes: I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people.

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

Sam Waterston quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sam Waterston quotes: In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be ... proceeding.

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

Sam Waterston quotes: I don't like driving much.

I don't like driving much.

Sam Waterston quotes: The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.

The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.