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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
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William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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We always want to see people strive and see the human spirit triumph against adversity. That's what it's all about because that's what we're doing. We're trying to triumph in our lives.
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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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We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.
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A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.
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That's pretty much what every scene is about, getting people to see your point of view. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
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When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
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Yeah, I made it. It sneaks up on you. You're some schmuck and you wake up one day and you go, Good God, I'm the cheese.
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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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Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't care.
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We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.
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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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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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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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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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Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.
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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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It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.
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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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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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Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
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