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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.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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Miami
Florida
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Yeah, I made it. It sneaks up on you. You're some schmuck and you wake up one day and you go, Good God, I'm the cheese.
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It’s a shame...you just don’t see young people doing anything outside these days.
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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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I'm not religious. It's an issue, 'cause I've got two little kids, and I feel you can't grow up without knowledge of religion.
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The only reason an indie gets made is because someone has a burning passion to do it and won't take no for an answer, as opposed to a big film, which is like a train that starts rolling down the tracks and nothing can stop it.
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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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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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Ultimately, a more experienced director realizes that you've got to stop sometime and just move on. They're braver about that.
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When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.
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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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There will always be people with disabilities. And by my estimation, the scorecard for the way we take care of those who need our help the most, those at the very bottom of that safety net, is pretty dismal. And that has to change.
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Writers love to write those idiotic, long stage directions, and some of them worse than others. They have nothing to do with the movie. They're just jerking around.
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