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Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't care.

William H. Macy

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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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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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A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.
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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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The only reason an indie gets made is because someone has a burning passion to do it and won't take no for an answer, as opposed to a big film, which is like a train that starts rolling down the tracks and nothing can stop it.
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I'm not religious. It's an issue, 'cause I've got two little kids, and I feel you can't grow up without knowledge of religion.
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If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.
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You should know the lines, be prepared, get sleep, and have the script analyzed so you're ready to rock and roll.
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You'd much rather act with a pal, someone you know really well. That way, you can cut all the niceties and go right to insulting each other.
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The actor has the advantage - or the liability - of knowing, It's going to be my face up there on the frickin' screen, so I better keep my wits about me. Nobody's going to care that I was bad because I was not happy. They're only going to know I'm bad.
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The roughest part is showing up. Once you throw yourself into the scene, it's just great fun to let it all go and not be self-conscious, and stop questioning whether you're sufficient.
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When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.
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I have been working out for 30 years, staying in shape in the dream that someday I would get to play a sex scene. Finally I get one, and they cut it.
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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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Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
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Directing is a huge amount of work with very little payoff, and a quarter of the money, and nine times more time spent.
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I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.
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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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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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Ultimately, a more experienced director realizes that you've got to stop sometime and just move on. They're braver about that.
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I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.
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