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A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.
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.
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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.
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