85 Quotes by Katherine Waterston

I've always wanted to play the villain. But the young girl is never the villain.

Seeing someone happy on set is just a very small slice of the reality of an actor's life.

Self-promotion is not my strong suit, for sure. I don't look down on it; I just don't understand how to do it.

I think everything happens organically. You mine for clues. It's all immersive, and stuff you can use comes out of that immersion. I don't really like to wear wigs in movies because I like to look like the character all the time.

I guess whatever the director's energy is is kind of contagious on set, because, um, you know, it's a hierarchy, and we're all kind of looking to the director for guidance.

I basically never believed that I was a commercial actor. Just because of the outcome of many auditions over time. No one hired me.

It's very easy to think that the way things are is the way things will stay, and life just isn't like that.

I think that when you are struggling as an actor, you imagine that if things were to pan out, everything in your life would change, But really, it's not so different. You're still pursuing good work. You still panic that you're doing it all wrong.

Actors are sensitive freaks, but it amazes me that it is something that I haven't improved on over the years.