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I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
Actor
Character Actor
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Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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I'm getting bigger roles, and I'm on location more, and I have a wife and family. I'd rather work less, and I've started to implement that. It was either that or my wife would break my heart.
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The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.
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Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.
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Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.
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I loved Batman, don't get me wrong, but that kind of mindless violence is not good for young children.
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I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.
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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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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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Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.
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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 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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There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.
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It’s a shame...you just don’t see young people doing anything outside these days.
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So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.
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Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
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If I had my choice, I would do the same little independent films, but they would have $100 million budgets, so I could get paid a fortune and hang out in a huge trailer.
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We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.
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I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
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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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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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