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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
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William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
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The emotions will take care of themselves. You don't have to prod them along. As a matter of fact, you get in trouble when you prod them along.
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It's not good for people to have the safety net too low... People can take care of themselves better than we allow them to.
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One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words.
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