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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.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him to do your will.
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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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A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.
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It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.
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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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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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Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.
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We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.
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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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I really love hanging out on the set, and I love the life, and all of that. But I don't think I could stick with this profession if it weren't for those 15 minutes a day when I get to act. That's the part I love. For some strange reason, it's the time that I'm the least self-conscious in my whole life.
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Nothing else counts except what you want.
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
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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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When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.
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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 have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite.
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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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