Sam Waterston
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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
As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.
I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.
I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.
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.
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.
If you're not moving forward, you're falling back.
If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.
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 don't like driving much.