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It’s a shame...you just don’t see young people doing anything outside these days.

William H. Macy

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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Teacher
Television Actor
Theatrical Director
Writer
Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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Shame
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Days
Young

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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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It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of faith that absolutely supports the church.
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I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have to take off the writer hat and let the director direct.
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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.
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You should know the lines, be prepared, get sleep, and have the script analyzed so you're ready to rock and roll.
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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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Every scene has two people who want two different things, so there's conflict in every scene. You've got to duke it out, and you've got to get the other person to change his or her mind and do it your way.
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I feel very secure about the role of the actor in the future. They need us, because stories are about people.
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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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The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.
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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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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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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 don't watch rushes. My whole thing is to try to stay in the moment with the other actor, and to let it all hang. I'm not sure I'm right on that, though.
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Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
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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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We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.
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I've studied Stanislavsky, and Mamet taught Stanislavsky, and I studied with Sanford Meisner. But the part of the method that I think is the most fruitful is the method of physical actions. It all comes down to your objective: Nothing else counts except what you want. How you feel will take care of itself.
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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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