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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.

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.
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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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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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Writers love to write those idiotic, long stage directions, and some of them worse than others. They have nothing to do with the movie. They're just jerking around.
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I am against censorship in any form. I think anybody should be able to make any movie he or she wants and let the public decide. If it's disgusting and they don't want to see it, they won't go. I believe in the audience.
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I introduced myself to Scorsese and I said, If you need someone to do craft services, I'm there.
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It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of faith that absolutely supports the church.
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Many times, I like to read the script before I even know who they want me to play, so I can read it and really enjoy it as an audience member. I think that's given me the ability to ferret out the really special scripts from all the rest.
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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 feel very secure about the role of the actor in the future. They need us, because stories are about people.
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That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.
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Perhaps there is such a thing as obscene sex, but I know that violence is always obscene. So I don't get it, that you can disembowel a woman but you can't see her tits. Who made that up? That's sick!
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Women, in order to recharge their batteries, gather in groups. They can recharge their batteries with their sisters. I tend to recharge my batteries in solitude, therefore the motorcycle trips. I need to be alone. As a matter of fact, I have to be careful. I could turn into a hermit.
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I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.
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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'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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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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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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It’s a shame...you just don’t see young people doing anything outside these days.
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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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Somebody's gotta stand up and say pubic hair is good, murder is bad. Sex is good, violence is bad.
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