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It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of faith that absolutely supports the church.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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I'm a big fan of rehearsal. I'm famous for pulling the cast together, not so much to formally rehearse, but just to run the lines. My theory of acting is that it takes all your attention just to stay in the moment, and keep your attention on the other person, and get him to do what you want him to do.
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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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The best thing for an actor to do is take your attention off of how you feel about it, and put it on striving to obtain a particular objective. The happy result is that it brings out all this unexpected stuff in yourself.
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Ultimately, a more experienced director realizes that you've got to stop sometime and just move on. They're braver about that.
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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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A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.
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I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all.
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You should know the lines, be prepared, get sleep, and have the script analyzed so you're ready to rock and roll.
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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'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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Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
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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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It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.
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It's not good for people to have the safety net too low... People can take care of themselves better than we allow them to.
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As an actor, early on, you learn that the audience is never wrong. And if you think they are wrong, you need to find a different way to make a living. Collectively the audience is smarter than you will ever, ever be.
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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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Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
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When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.
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There are statistics out that say 20 year olds, 18 years olds think about sex 90 percent of the time. They only don't think about sex when they're eating, and that's rare.
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