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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
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Teacher
Television Actor
Theatrical Director
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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There are statistics out that say 20 year olds, 18 years olds think about sex 90 percent of the time. They only don't think about sex when they're eating, and that's rare.
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There will always be people with disabilities. And by my estimation, the scorecard for the way we take care of those who need our help the most, those at the very bottom of that safety net, is pretty dismal. And that has to change.
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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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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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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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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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Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
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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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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.
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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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It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.
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I don't know if it's fair to say that it's a bad time for movies. It seems to me that throughout the entire history of filmmaking, every year there have been about two really wonderful movies, about 10 others that are pretty good, and a whole pile of garbage.
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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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When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
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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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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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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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