63 Quotes by Sam Elliott

The guy is a lawyer by trade who operates outside the law. It's an easy thing to identify with for me.

I read a lot of scripts. Most of 'em go to other actors.

Everyone is so preoccupied by youth. People talk about how the movie business is a microcosm of the bigger picture, or life imitating art, but the business is guilty for getting women out of the way.

I love the fact that I'm having an opportunity to make people laugh and you actually get to hear it.

Even after nearly 50 years in this business, I still feel like I'm lucky every time I get a decent job, but an opportunity to work with people of that ilk.

I'm not a quick study, so I'm always struggling for my words right up until.

Sometimes, you get the bear. Sometimes, the bear gets you.

I’m picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that’s to be careful about what kind of work you do.

I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you’re a lucky individual.