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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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