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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.

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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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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I really love hanging out on the set, and I love the life, and all of that. But I don't think I could stick with this profession if it weren't for those 15 minutes a day when I get to act. That's the part I love. For some strange reason, it's the time that I'm the least self-conscious in my whole life.
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To a certain extent. I'm a fan of rehearsal on the day [of the shoot], more than getting together a week beforehand.
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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all.
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Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene, and they don't know how it should be blocked, and they're not clear on how they want to do a scene.
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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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Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.
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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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I don't watch rushes. My whole thing is to try to stay in the moment with the other actor, and to let it all hang. I'm not sure I'm right on that, though.
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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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We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.
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Perhaps there is such a thing as obscene sex, but I know that violence is always obscene. So I don't get it, that you can disembowel a woman but you can't see her tits. Who made that up? That's sick!
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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 love making movies, I love the differentness of it, I love writing. But I've always liked television. I grew up on television.
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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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The actor has the advantage - or the liability - of knowing, It's going to be my face up there on the frickin' screen, so I better keep my wits about me. Nobody's going to care that I was bad because I was not happy. They're only going to know I'm bad.
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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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