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I'm not much of a preparer. I think sometimes as an actor you need to go out and learn some skills, but in terms of preparation for understanding the character, it's all on the page, and if it's not on the page, you're in trouble.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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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 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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I love making movies, I love the differentness of it, I love writing. But I've always liked television. I grew up on television.
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I really love hanging out on the set, and I love the life, and all of that. But I don't think I could stick with this profession if it weren't for those 15 minutes a day when I get to act. That's the part I love. For some strange reason, it's the time that I'm the least self-conscious in my whole life.
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The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.
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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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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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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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Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it.
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The only reason an indie gets made is because someone has a burning passion to do it and won't take no for an answer, as opposed to a big film, which is like a train that starts rolling down the tracks and nothing can stop it.
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I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite.
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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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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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Perhaps there is such a thing as obscene sex, but I know that violence is always obscene. So I don't get it, that you can disembowel a woman but you can't see her tits. Who made that up? That's sick!
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I've got two little girls, I'm not scared about sex. I'll teach them, it's not going to kill them. But what could kill them is violence. Guns, drinking and driving, these are the real dangers in our society.
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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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I've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.
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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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I think acting is getting better and better.
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What I've discovered is, really, acting is acting is acting. It's all the same. Seventy-five percent of the skills are the same in both media.
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