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It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
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I've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.
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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better.
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Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.
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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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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 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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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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Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
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To a certain extent. I'm a fan of rehearsal on the day [of the shoot], more than getting together a week beforehand.
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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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I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
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I've always felt it's the directors purview to say what it's the actor's purview to say how. It's not good for an actor to have the big picture in mind - it bollocks you up. An actor's purview is the tiny little... We measure our performance in seconds.
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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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A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.
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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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Women, in order to recharge their batteries, gather in groups. They can recharge their batteries with their sisters. I tend to recharge my batteries in solitude, therefore the motorcycle trips. I need to be alone. As a matter of fact, I have to be careful. I could turn into a hermit.
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The emotions will take care of themselves. You don't have to prod them along. As a matter of fact, you get in trouble when you prod them along.
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Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene, and they don't know how it should be blocked, and they're not clear on how they want to do a scene.
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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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