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Sam Waterston

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

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

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"I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities."

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"It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding and prying."

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"The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage."

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"I am an actor through and through."

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"It confirms for me that we did something on Days that meant something. We had our ups and downs, but Missy and I and some of the other actors, created something that was really memorable."

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"I don't think I know a Scientologist except when I see one or two of their actors on the Hollywood screen."

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"If I was going to be broke I decided I might as well be with actors as anyone else. They were cheerful idiots and seemed to take it better."

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"The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow."

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"Actors cannot go on for over running around the trees."

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"Every actor wants to direct."

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"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."
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"I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it."
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"Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too."
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"Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it."
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"I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972."
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"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."
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"I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular."
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