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A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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Miami
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William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
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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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When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
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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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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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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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Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.
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I love making movies, I love the differentness of it, I love writing. But I've always liked television. I grew up on television.
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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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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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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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There are statistics out that say 20 year olds, 18 years olds think about sex 90 percent of the time. They only don't think about sex when they're eating, and that's rare.
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All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him to do your will.
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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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Sometimes, directors are afraid to stop shooting, because the second you stop and say, We got it, and move on, you'll never get another chance. And they're terrified to get in the cutting room and not be happy. So they just keep shooting.
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What actors are good at doing is walking into a situation that should make you incredibly self-conscious and frightened and doing it anyway. That's the gig, pretending that you are comfortable.
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So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.
William H. Macy
We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.
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I've got two little girls, I'm not scared about sex. I'll teach them, it's not going to kill them. But what could kill them is violence. Guns, drinking and driving, these are the real dangers in our society.
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