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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.

William H. Macy

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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Stage Actor
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Television Actor
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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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'm getting bigger roles, and I'm on location more, and I have a wife and family. I'd rather work less, and I've started to implement that. It was either that or my wife would break my heart.
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The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.
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I've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.
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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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We always want to see people strive and see the human spirit triumph against adversity. That's what it's all about because that's what we're doing. We're trying to triumph in our lives.
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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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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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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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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 really love hanging out on the set, and I love the life, and all of that. But I don't think I could stick with this profession if it weren't for those 15 minutes a day when I get to act. That's the part I love. For some strange reason, it's the time that I'm the least self-conscious in my whole life.
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Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.
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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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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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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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Emotions are the natural result of striving for something. Every single scene has two or more people in it, and nobody wants the same thing, so they are negotiating this one way or another. The result of that negotiation will bring out all kinds of emotional stuff in you.
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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.
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
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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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