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One of the things I did early on in film was over-enunciate and talk too loud.
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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I loved Batman, don't get me wrong, but that kind of mindless violence is not good for young children.
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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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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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As an actor, early on, you learn that the audience is never wrong. And if you think they are wrong, you need to find a different way to make a living. Collectively the audience is smarter than you will ever, ever be.
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When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.
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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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The emotions will take care of themselves. You don't have to prod them along. As a matter of fact, you get in trouble when you prod them along.
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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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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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There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.
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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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Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.
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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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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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Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
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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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Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious.
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Sometimes, directors are afraid to stop shooting, because the second you stop and say, We got it, and move on, you'll never get another chance. And they're terrified to get in the cutting room and not be happy. So they just keep shooting.
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At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.
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We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.
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