53 Quotes by Sam Waterston

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

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.

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

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

If you’re not moving forward, you’re falling back.

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

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

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

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