Quotes by William Sanderson - Page 1

I love the word 'resonance.'
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Resonance
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I hope to outlive my enemies.
William Sanderson / Character Actor
Enemies
Outlive
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One of the joys about acting is researching.
William Sanderson / Character Actor
Acting
Joy
Joys
Researching
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It's hard to watch something you've done many years ago.
William Sanderson / Character Actor
Done
Watches
Years
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I'm not known for my intellectual range and tricks have been played on me.
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Intellectual
Range
Tricks
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I've said maybe too many times that I'd rather be typecast than not cast at all.
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Casts
Said
Typecast
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I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.
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Actors
Knows
Pessimistic
Work Always Never
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It's easier to play quirky characters and hide behind wardrobe and make-up, especially.
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Quirky
Easier
Wardrobe
Hide
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I'm a journeyman actor, and I don't ever want to forget that. With romantic-lead dreams.
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Dream
Actors
Want
Journeyman
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When you play so many outcasts and derelicts, or even a murderer, you need to play someone healthy.
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Healthy
Needs
Play
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I kinda like where I am. If I'm recognized all the time, I have to leave better tips in restaurants.
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Restaurants
Tips
Time I Am Better
Recognized
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The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, Your ego will get you killed.
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Art
Teacher
Ego
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You can't go over every beat, every second, and worry about how you can do it better - it'll eat you alive.
William Sanderson / Character Actor
Every Second
You Can Do It
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The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, 'Your ego will get you killed.'
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Martial Arts
Elvis
Martial
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I like Edward G. Robinson - he started as a character actor and became a lead, which is probably why I like him.
William Sanderson / Character Actor
Actors
Character
Character Actors
Character Actor
Edward
Robinson
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When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too.
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Army
Book
Law
Noble
Saving
Life Law Way
Stevenson
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'Newhart' ran the longest, and it was great to have a regular role, but I run into a lot of film fans, and they ask me about 'Blade Runner.' I was grateful to be a part of that.
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Blade Runner
Grateful
Ran
Great Me Fans
Blade
Great Me Grateful
Longest
Runner
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Someone once said that Sci Fi was the modern Western. What's my favorite? Well, anything that needs a misfit. I don't have a real favorite. My dream is to play something different.
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Western
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The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job.
William Sanderson / Character Actor
Jobs
Sports
Consistent
Delusion
Grandeur
Hobbies
Love Work World
Love Work Sports
French
Spanish
Studying
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Once I was in my last year of law school, I started doing plays, as I said, without taking the bar. And I got hooked. I did a play called 'Marat/Sade', and I never had so much fun in my life.
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Hooked
Last Year
Law School
Bar
Plays
So Much Fun
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I consider it probably one of the biggest honors to be in the Academy. There are only like 1300 actors in it, and as far as I know, you're a member for life. To this day, I'm wondering how lucky I was.
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Consider
Honors
Member
Wondering
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My first western was 'Death Hunt' with Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin; that was where I learned to ride. The movie was based on a true story about a guy that eluded the Mounties in Canada. We were in Canada for six weeks riding horses.
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Canada
Riding
True Story
Western
Charles
Horses
Hunt
Lee
Ride
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I've been kinda fascinated by misfits, outcasts, and downtrodden people. I've identified with them. 'Blade Runner' probably got me more work than any. It convinced some producers that I could play something other than a rural crazy, I guess.
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Blade Runner
Convinced
Fascinated
Misfits
Producers
Work Me People
Work Me Crazy
Blade
Guess
Identified
Runner
Rural
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In Montana, when we did 'Return to Lonesome Dove', we rode on the side of a hill at night in the dark; I was afraid my horse would step on one of the actors playing dead. The director said to leave it to the stunt doubles since they got paid for that.
William Sanderson / Character Actor
Horse
Lonesome
Montana
Return
Doubles
Rode
Stunt
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One night I saw Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Elvis for a dollar, if you believe that, in an open-air concert. Presley, I got to meet and go into his house and so forth. My wife says I should quit tellin' that story, 'cause they'll know how old I am.
William Sanderson / Character Actor
Cash
Jerry
Cause
Concert
Dollar
Elvis
Forth
Johnny
Lee
Meet
Perkins
Quit
Says
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As a youngster, I had friends who became lawyers and doctors, and I was as idealistic as anybody. When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way, too. But after a while, I said, 'Let me just finish the degree. I'm getting the G.I. Bill.'
William Sanderson / Character Actor
Army
Doctors
Idealistic
Noble
Life Me Law
Bill
Degree
Finish
Stevenson
Youngster
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