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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
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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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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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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We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.
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I do want to do TV, but I'm looking to be a creator, writer, and producer, and perhaps I could be a recurring character. Do 10 shows a year, something like that.
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Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
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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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Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.
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With an inexperienced director, a lot of times the days go on to 14, 15, 16 hours. It goes horrendously overtime. And because of the lack of money, they just keep you there, regardless of the hours.
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I don't know if it's fair to say that it's a bad time for movies. It seems to me that throughout the entire history of filmmaking, every year there have been about two really wonderful movies, about 10 others that are pretty good, and a whole pile of garbage.
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Yeah, I made it. It sneaks up on you. You're some schmuck and you wake up one day and you go, Good God, I'm the cheese.
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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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We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing. It's a huge thing.
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What I've discovered is, really, acting is acting is acting. It's all the same. Seventy-five percent of the skills are the same in both media.
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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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At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.
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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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Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
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The reason they came up with the ratings board is that there are a lot of movies out there, and parents need some guidance. Not only for the kids, but for adults, as well. If you don't like to see a certain kind of film, there should be some rating, so that you know what you're getting into. But the present system doesn't work.
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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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I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.
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