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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.

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
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Stage Actor
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Television Actor
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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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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It's not good for people to have the safety net too low... People can take care of themselves better than we allow them to.
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A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.
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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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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.
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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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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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So much of the violence in the movies is b.s. violence: A guy in the middle of a large city with 14 people lying on the ground that he's just killed with his superhuman powers, and there's not a cop to be found. Not a siren to be heard. No price to be paid. That's not true, and I don't like that sort of stuff.
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I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
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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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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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Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious.
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I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better.
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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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So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.
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I love women. I always have. I'm not pretending that I understand them, but I just love women. I love being in their presence and I love everything about them.
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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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The best thing for an actor to do is take your attention off of how you feel about it, and put it on striving to obtain a particular objective. The happy result is that it brings out all this unexpected stuff in yourself.
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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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