31+ Sam Waterston Quotes On Education, Law And Order And Stephen Colbert

Sam Waterston is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Jack McCoy in Law & Order, which he played for 16 years. He has also starred in films such as The Killing Fields, The Great Gatsby, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Sam Waterston on love, education, leadership.

Top 10 Sam Waterston Quotes

1. I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.
2. I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.
3. 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.
4. The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.
5. I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.
6. 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.
7. Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.
8. 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.
9. I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people.
10. As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.

Sam Waterston Short 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've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.
• If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.
• Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.
• The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
• Painting is very interesting.
• In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be...proceeding.
• If you're not moving forward, you're falling back.
• Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.
• I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

Sam Waterston Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

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

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 life in the absence of faith. — Sam Waterston

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't like driving much. — Sam Waterston

If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like. — Sam Waterston

Life Lessons by Sam Waterston

1. Sam Waterston is a great example of how hard work and dedication can lead to success, having worked in the entertainment industry for over 50 years.
2. He has demonstrated that it is possible to have a long and successful career in the entertainment industry, even if you don't become an overnight sensation.
3. He has also shown that it is possible to balance work and family life, having been married for over 40 years and having four children.