A biography for Katherine Waterstonhasn’t been written yet.
“When you're playing Marilyn Monroe, you have a responsibility to look and sound like her that you don't when you're playing people who weren't ever in the public eye.”
“I think it's quite common for actors to almost rely on their characters to exercise parts of themselves in their regular life they don't tend to explore so much.”
“I think everything happens organically. You mine for clues. It's all immersive, and stuff you can use comes out of that immersion. I don't really like to wear wigs in movies because I like to look like the character all the time.”
“When you are the kid of an actor, it's always a very inviting world. Everyone is nice to you, the hair and make-up people braid your hair and play with you, and the costume department makes outfits for your teddy bears.”
“Shower scenes are great. Janet Leigh never took a shower again in her life after 'Psycho'.”
“I generally don't like to talk too much about the character unless I feel stuck or in some trouble.”
“It's just a dream of the struggling actor to just have a proper shot - not just in a film that people will see, but with a character that's rich and complicated and that you can show you're capable of taking on.”
“When I go to see a movie, I never think about all the people it took to make it.”
“Some days, the first coffee just laughs at you. It says, 'Oh, you think I'm going to wake you up? Sucker.'”
“I basically never believed that I was a commercial actor. Just because of the outcome of many auditions over time. No one hired me.”
“Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out.”
“I don't think Paul Thomas Anderson has a standard approach to anything.”
“When you come from a family of actors, people in show business, they really know to celebrate good news and to celebrate it hard because it's not every day that you get it.”
“I was barely in 'Taking Woodstock.'”
“It's very easy to think that the way things are is the way things will stay, and life just isn't like that.”
“One of my earliest memories was when I was three, going to this full-length mirror in my parents' bathroom and saying into the mirror, 'You are going to be an actress.'”
“I really love fashion, but I feel like the older I get, the more I am drawn to the basic things in my daily life because everything else is so goofy and crazy.”
“I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love with performing before I knew there were other options. By then, it was too late.”
“The things I love about this business the most, is that it is a challenge trying to prove to everyone - including yourself - that you can do something different than what people think you're capable of.”
“When I got to NYU, I immediately inquired about doing a double major in acting and photography.”