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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
Actor
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Film Director
Film Producer
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Stage Actor
Teacher
Television Actor
Theatrical Director
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
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Perhaps there is such a thing as obscene sex, but I know that violence is always obscene. So I don't get it, that you can disembowel a woman but you can't see her tits. Who made that up? That's sick!
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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 loved Batman, don't get me wrong, but that kind of mindless violence is not good for young children.
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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.
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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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One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words.
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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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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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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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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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We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.
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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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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'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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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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Talk about putting your money where your mouth is. It's not right. Someone's gotta say it. They said it. I applaud them.
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I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.
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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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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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