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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
Actor
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Film Director
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
Operatic
Godfather
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Violence
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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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So much of the violence in the movies is b.s. violence: A guy in the middle of a large city with 14 people lying on the ground that he's just killed with his superhuman powers, and there's not a cop to be found. Not a siren to be heard. No price to be paid. That's not true, and I don't like that sort of stuff.
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I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.
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That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.
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A good director is very well prepared, and knows exactly how he's going to cut the film, so the shooting is as efficient as possible.
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Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.
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To a certain extent. I'm a fan of rehearsal on the day [of the shoot], more than getting together a week beforehand.
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When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
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We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.
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The character and the actor in a long-running series slowly become one. I think there must be funny stories about actors who, in the pilot for a TV series, did some weird thing with their eyes, or some speech impediment or something, and the next thing you know, it's eight years later, and they're still doing that freaking gag.
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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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So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.
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One of the things I did early on in film was over-enunciate and talk too loud.
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It's hard on an actor when you have to do a scene 45 times and you know damn well that three of the angles a director is shooting will never make it into the movie.
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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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When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.
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Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.
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I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.
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You have to do whatever you can to limit the things that could make you feel insecure.
William H. Macy
I've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.
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