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A good director is very well prepared, and knows exactly how he's going to cut the film, so the shooting is as efficient as possible.

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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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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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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The character and the actor in a long-running series slowly become one. I think there must be funny stories about actors who, in the pilot for a TV series, did some weird thing with their eyes, or some speech impediment or something, and the next thing you know, it's eight years later, and they're still doing that freaking gag.
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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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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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I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.
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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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I loved Batman, don't get me wrong, but that kind of mindless violence is not good for young children.
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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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I've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.
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The roughest part is showing up. Once you throw yourself into the scene, it's just great fun to let it all go and not be self-conscious, and stop questioning whether you're sufficient.
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