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

- Sam Waterston

I dont think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

- Sam Waterston

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

- Sam Waterston

Painting is very interesting.

- Sam Waterston

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…

- Sam Waterston

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

- Sam Waterston

I think people have some control over what they want; there's a relationship - maybe not automatic - between what you want and get.

- Sam Waterston

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…

- Sam Waterston

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

- Sam Waterston