Katherine Waterston quotes

Born
March 3, 1980, Westminster, London, England.

Occupation
Actress.

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