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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.

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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The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.
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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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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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I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.
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Every scene has two people who want two different things, so there's conflict in every scene. You've got to duke it out, and you've got to get the other person to change his or her mind and do it your way.
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Nothing else counts except what you want.
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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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You have to do whatever you can to limit the things that could make you feel insecure.
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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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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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That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.
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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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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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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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I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite.
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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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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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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 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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It sure is boring to be around people who are in character all the time. I always find it's closer to mental illness than acting excellence.
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