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I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest.

Sam Waterston

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Sam Waterston
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: November 15
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Samuel Atkinson Waterston
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