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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 Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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Godfather
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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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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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We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.
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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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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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I've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.
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Directing is a huge amount of work with very little payoff, and a quarter of the money, and nine times more time spent.
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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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The actor has the advantage - or the liability - of knowing, It's going to be my face up there on the frickin' screen, so I better keep my wits about me. Nobody's going to care that I was bad because I was not happy. They're only going to know I'm bad.
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You have to do whatever you can to limit the things that could make you feel insecure.
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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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Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious.
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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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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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I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it.
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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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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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Somebody's gotta stand up and say pubic hair is good, murder is bad. Sex is good, violence is bad.
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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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There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.
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