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I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.

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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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Miami
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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it.
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I've studied Stanislavsky, and Mamet taught Stanislavsky, and I studied with Sanford Meisner. But the part of the method that I think is the most fruitful is the method of physical actions. It all comes down to your objective: Nothing else counts except what you want. How you feel will take care of itself.
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I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.
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We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.
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One of the things I did early on in film was over-enunciate and talk too loud.
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