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I don't watch rushes. My whole thing is to try to stay in the moment with the other actor, and to let it all hang. I'm not sure I'm right on that, though.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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William Hall Macy Jr.
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If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.
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Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't care.
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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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I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
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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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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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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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Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious.
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I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.
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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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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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Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
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I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have to take off the writer hat and let the director direct.
William H. Macy
I loved Batman, don't get me wrong, but that kind of mindless violence is not good for young children.
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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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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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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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That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.
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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.
William H. Macy
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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