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WWDTM: Sam Waterston

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Is There Compensation for Plain Looking Actors?

You've played Abraham Lincoln multiple times. Do you keep pursuing that role because you know you look really good in a stove pie pat? I always said that there ought to be some compensation for an actor who's plain looking. You also did Shakespeare's view, which for a very long time when you memorize a big Shakespeare part, I know so much of it is like lots of monologues and stuff. How long do you retain that memorized text and can you summon up a monologue now?

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