Sam Elliott
Sam Elliott
Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliottis an American actor. His rangy physique, thick horseshoe moustache, deep, resonant voice, and Western drawl led to frequent casting as cowboys and ranchers. His other credits over the years have included playing Marvel Comics characters General Ross in Hulk, The Caretaker in Ghost Riderand "The Stranger" in The Big Lebowski. To date, his most acclaimed feature film role is that of Karl in Grandma, for which he was nominated for a CFCA Award...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 August 1944
CitySacramento, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Everyone is so preoccupied by youth. People talk about how the movie business is a microcosm of the bigger picture, or life imitating art, but the business is guilty for getting women out of the way.
I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that's to be careful about what kind of work you do.
Making movies is never going to get better than working on a Coen brothers project.
I love the fact that I'm having an opportunity to make people laugh and you actually get to hear it.
Even after nearly 50 years in this business, I still feel like I'm lucky every time I get a decent job, but an opportunity to work with people of that ilk.
I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten.
I think I might have been a more interesting actor, had more of a career earlier on, if I had more formal preparation. When I see something ten years later that I was in I think, 'Boy, would I love to do that over.
I'm not a quick study, so I'm always struggling for my words right up until.
Sometimes, you get the bear. Sometimes, the bear gets you.
I'll do anything. I'll shave my head for the right job. I'm partial to my facial hair, I guess, but I also enjoy doing something where I look totally different, which is kind of the reason why I've always worn long hair. I can really change my look radically by getting rid of it.
I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.