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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
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William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
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I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.
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A good director is very well prepared, and knows exactly how he's going to cut the film, so the shooting is as efficient as possible.
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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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There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.
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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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Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.
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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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Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
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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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Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.
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I love making movies, I love the differentness of it, I love writing. But I've always liked television. I grew up on television.
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I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.
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What I've discovered is, really, acting is acting is acting. It's all the same. Seventy-five percent of the skills are the same in both media.
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A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.
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I am against censorship in any form. I think anybody should be able to make any movie he or she wants and let the public decide. If it's disgusting and they don't want to see it, they won't go. I believe in the audience.
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We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing. It's a huge thing.
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We always want to see people strive and see the human spirit triumph against adversity. That's what it's all about because that's what we're doing. We're trying to triumph in our lives.
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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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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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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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