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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!
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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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'm a big fan of rehearsal. I'm famous for pulling the cast together, not so much to formally rehearse, but just to run the lines. My theory of acting is that it takes all your attention just to stay in the moment, and keep your attention on the other person, and get him to do what you want him to do.
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Many times, I like to read the script before I even know who they want me to play, so I can read it and really enjoy it as an audience member. I think that's given me the ability to ferret out the really special scripts from all the rest.
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One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words.
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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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When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
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Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.
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All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him to do your will.
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The actor has the advantage - or the liability - of knowing, It's going to be my face up there on the frickin' screen, so I better keep my wits about me. Nobody's going to care that I was bad because I was not happy. They're only going to know I'm bad.
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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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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 have been working out for 30 years, staying in shape in the dream that someday I would get to play a sex scene. Finally I get one, and they cut it.
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
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I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
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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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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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Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it.
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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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You have to do whatever you can to limit the things that could make you feel insecure.
William H. Macy
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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