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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.
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.
William Macy
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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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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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What actors are good at doing is walking into a situation that should make you incredibly self-conscious and frightened and doing it anyway. That's the gig, pretending that you are comfortable.
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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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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 started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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The roughest part is showing up. Once you throw yourself into the scene, it's just great fun to let it all go and not be self-conscious, and stop questioning whether you're sufficient.
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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 character and the actor in a long-running series slowly become one. I think there must be funny stories about actors who, in the pilot for a TV series, did some weird thing with their eyes, or some speech impediment or something, and the next thing you know, it's eight years later, and they're still doing that freaking gag.
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Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene, and they don't know how it should be blocked, and they're not clear on how they want to do a scene.
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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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Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
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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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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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I've got two little girls, I'm not scared about sex. I'll teach them, it's not going to kill them. But what could kill them is violence. Guns, drinking and driving, these are the real dangers in our society.
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I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better.
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The emotions will take care of themselves. You don't have to prod them along. As a matter of fact, you get in trouble when you prod them along.
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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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You have to do whatever you can to limit the things that could make you feel insecure.
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
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