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When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.

William H. Macy

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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
Actor
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
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So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.
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Directing is a huge amount of work with very little payoff, and a quarter of the money, and nine times more time spent.
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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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As an actor, early on, you learn that the audience is never wrong. And if you think they are wrong, you need to find a different way to make a living. Collectively the audience is smarter than you will ever, ever be.
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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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One of the things I did early on in film was over-enunciate and talk too loud.
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You can skim those stage directions and go right to the dialogue. You can almost read the movie in the same amount of time it will take you to see the movie.
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
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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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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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Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.
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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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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've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.
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Nothing else counts except what you want.
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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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Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it.
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I'm not much of a preparer. I think sometimes as an actor you need to go out and learn some skills, but in terms of preparation for understanding the character, it's all on the page, and if it's not on the page, you're in trouble.
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The reason they came up with the ratings board is that there are a lot of movies out there, and parents need some guidance. Not only for the kids, but for adults, as well. If you don't like to see a certain kind of film, there should be some rating, so that you know what you're getting into. But the present system doesn't work.
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