Sam Elliott
Sam Elliott
Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliottis an American actor. His rangy physique, thick horseshoe moustache, deep, resonant voice, and Western drawl led to frequent casting as cowboys and ranchers. His other credits over the years have included playing Marvel Comics characters General Ross in Hulk, The Caretaker in Ghost Riderand "The Stranger" in The Big Lebowski. To date, his most acclaimed feature film role is that of Karl in Grandma, for which he was nominated for a CFCA Award...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 August 1944
CitySacramento, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Sam Elliott quotes about
I read a lot of scripts. Most of 'em go to other actors.
I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott.
I'm a four star general in this thing, and you don't rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad.
Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.
The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
Hugh Grant is the main man. He's the number one romantic comedy man in the world.
I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten.
I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you.
Everyone is so preoccupied by youth. People talk about how the movie business is a microcosm of the bigger picture, or life imitating art, but the business is guilty for getting women out of the way.
I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that's to be careful about what kind of work you do.
I love the fact that I'm having an opportunity to make people laugh and you actually get to hear it.
Making movies is never going to get better than working on a Coen brothers project.