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Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Teacher
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
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Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene, and they don't know how it should be blocked, and they're not clear on how they want to do a scene.
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As an actor, early on, you learn that the audience is never wrong. And if you think they are wrong, you need to find a different way to make a living. Collectively the audience is smarter than you will ever, ever be.
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I think acting is getting better and better.
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There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.
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I don't watch rushes. My whole thing is to try to stay in the moment with the other actor, and to let it all hang. I'm not sure I'm right on that, though.
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I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.
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Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.
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I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite.
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I love women. I always have. I'm not pretending that I understand them, but I just love women. I love being in their presence and I love everything about them.
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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 really love hanging out on the set, and I love the life, and all of that. But I don't think I could stick with this profession if it weren't for those 15 minutes a day when I get to act. That's the part I love. For some strange reason, it's the time that I'm the least self-conscious in my whole life.
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I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.
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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
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Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.
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A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.
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I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
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That's pretty much what every scene is about, getting people to see your point of view. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
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I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all.
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I'm a big fan of rehearsal. I'm famous for pulling the cast together, not so much to formally rehearse, but just to run the lines. My theory of acting is that it takes all your attention just to stay in the moment, and keep your attention on the other person, and get him to do what you want him to do.
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