Sometimes we’ll walk into a set, and I’ll think, ‘Oh, this film doesn’t look like this.’ You know, ’cause I read the script, and I saw it in my head in some other way. Which is a lot like what happens when they’re writing a movie that’s based on a book – I’m like, ‘Ah! He doesn’t have a beard.’ You have these visions in your head about it. Katherine Waterston Read Quote
I don’t have shame with my body. I don’t find a breast more vulnerable than an elbow. Katherine Waterston Read Quote
I generally don’t like to talk too much about the character unless I feel stuck or in some trouble. Katherine Waterston Read Quote
What’s comforting about coming from a family of actors is I don’t have to explain the struggle. I can just sigh to my sister, ‘I had a bad one,’ and she’ll know exactly the profound audition humiliation I am describing. Katherine Waterston Read Quote
Some days, the first coffee just laughs at you. It says, ‘Oh, you think I’m going to wake you up? Sucker.’ Katherine Waterston Read Quote
About 10 minutes before I found out that I had landed ‘Fantastic Beasts’, I got a residual check in the mail for zero dollars. On the check it said ‘Advice Slip.’ And I was like, ‘Well, what’s the advice? Go into another line of work? Katherine Waterston Read Quote
People think the advantage of a parent in the business is that they’ll open doors for you. But the true advantage for me is having someone who knows exactly what you’re going through. Katherine Waterston Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Inherent Vice’ was a novel that already existed, and in ‘Steve Jobs,’ I was playing a real person; in those situations, you do feel an added pressure to please. Katherine Waterston Read Quote
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 Read Quote
