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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
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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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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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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Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
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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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It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.
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I introduced myself to Scorsese and I said, If you need someone to do craft services, I'm there.
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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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Talk about putting your money where your mouth is. It's not right. Someone's gotta say it. They said it. I applaud them.
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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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A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.
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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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Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
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I don't know if it's fair to say that it's a bad time for movies. It seems to me that throughout the entire history of filmmaking, every year there have been about two really wonderful movies, about 10 others that are pretty good, and a whole pile of garbage.
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I am against censorship in any form. I think anybody should be able to make any movie he or she wants and let the public decide. If it's disgusting and they don't want to see it, they won't go. I believe in the audience.
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I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.
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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.
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Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
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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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At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.
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