Sam Waterston
Sam Waterston
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterstonis an American actor, producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and his starring role as Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, which brought him Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA and Emmy awards, having starred in over eighty...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth15 November 1940
CityCambridge, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Sam Waterston quotes about
I think people have some control over what they want; there's a relationship - maybe not automatic - between what you want and get.
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.
In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be...proceeding.
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.
I don't like driving much.
I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
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.
Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.
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.
I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.
The bad guys dont always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.