Sam Waterston Quotes & 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.”

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

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

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

“I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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