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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
Film Producer
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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Godfather
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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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Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.
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Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it.
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I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have to take off the writer hat and let the director direct.
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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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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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If I had my choice, I would do the same little independent films, but they would have $100 million budgets, so I could get paid a fortune and hang out in a huge trailer.
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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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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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I loved Batman, don't get me wrong, but that kind of mindless violence is not good for young children.
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I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.
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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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I think acting is getting better and better.
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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.
William H. Macy
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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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.
William H. Macy
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.
William H. Macy
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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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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A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.
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