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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Painting is very interesting.

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.

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

I don't like driving much.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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