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Sam Waterston Biography

Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor, producer, and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields (1984), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and his starring role as Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series Law & Order (1994–2010), 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 film and television productions during his fifty-year career. He has also starred in numerous stage productions. AllMovie historian Hal Erickson characterized Waterston as having "cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid performances."

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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.

Directors, Good, Heart, Play

Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.

Frequently, Shakespeare, Gets

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.

Chasing, People, Piece, Think, Thinking, Trying

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

News, Syndrome, Tvs, Watch, Watches

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.

Shoes, Goal, Frustrated, Set, Television

The bad guys dont always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.

Bad, Good, Good Guy, Guy, Guys, Pure

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.

Aphorism, Father, Said, Success, Thing, Thinking

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.

Cab Drivers, Guess, Literally, Roles, Wait, Waiting

I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people.

People, Dumb, Dumb People, Governed, Old

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

Fun, Play, Feet, Lawyers

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.

Communication, Inspiration, Yale, Says, Came

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.

Character, Fields, Frame, Life, Painfulness, Teaching

The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.

Country, Cities, Virtue, Thirsty, City

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.

Business, Fate, Plan, Strong

I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.

Able, Allow, Head, Heads Up, Hold, Stills

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

Hurt, Too Much, Limits, Separation, Painful

I don't like driving much.

Driving, Like

I dont think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

Playing, Talent, Think, Thinking, Villain

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

Enjoy, Home, Listening, Occasionally, Opera, See

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

Actors, Born, Let, Play, Ugly

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