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We always want to see people strive and see the human spirit triumph against adversity. That's what it's all about because that's what we're doing. We're trying to triumph in our lives.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Stage Actor
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it.
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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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