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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.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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Miami
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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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We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.
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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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It's hard on an actor when you have to do a scene 45 times and you know damn well that three of the angles a director is shooting will never make it into the movie.
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Somebody's gotta stand up and say pubic hair is good, murder is bad. Sex is good, violence is bad.
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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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Women, in order to recharge their batteries, gather in groups. They can recharge their batteries with their sisters. I tend to recharge my batteries in solitude, therefore the motorcycle trips. I need to be alone. As a matter of fact, I have to be careful. I could turn into a hermit.
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We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing. It's a huge thing.
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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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A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.
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Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.
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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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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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I introduced myself to Scorsese and I said, If you need someone to do craft services, I'm there.
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I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
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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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One of the things I did early on in film was over-enunciate and talk too loud.
William H. Macy
With an inexperienced director, a lot of times the days go on to 14, 15, 16 hours. It goes horrendously overtime. And because of the lack of money, they just keep you there, regardless of the hours.
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I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.
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