Seeing someone happy on set is just a very small slice of the reality of an actor’s life. – Katherine Waterston
I look back at my adolescence, and I’m shocked at the things I did that were my idea of adult behavior. – Katherine Waterston
I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it’s difficult to get into their head or into their skin. – Katherine Waterston
Actors are sensitive freaks, but it amazes me that it is something that I haven’t improved on over the years. – Katherine Waterston
I didn’t feel a specific pressure to prove myself because I had an actor in the family. I didn’t feel that pressure to fill some big shoes or anything. – Katherine Waterston
I feel a kind of permission and freedom in my work that I might not allow myself in my real life. – Katherine Waterston
I don’t think Paul Thomas Anderson has a standard approach to anything. – Katherine Waterston
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. – Katherine Waterston
I wonder sometimes if I’ve got in the habit of only being courageous when someone else has written the words I have to say. – Katherine Waterston
I find life so shocking in general. Everything about it surprises me. – Katherine Waterston
Sometimes you meet people, and you somehow feel like you’ve known them your whole life. – Katherine Waterston
I think I really would have quit if I hadn’t gotten ‘Inherent Vice’. Or maybe I would have just shriveled up and died. – Katherine Waterston
Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out. – Katherine Waterston
When I got to NYU, I immediately inquired about doing a double major in acting and photography. – Katherine Waterston
It’s very easy to think that the way things are is the way things will stay, and life just isn’t like that. – Katherine Waterston