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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.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
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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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Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.
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All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him to do your will.
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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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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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So much of the violence in the movies is b.s. violence: A guy in the middle of a large city with 14 people lying on the ground that he's just killed with his superhuman powers, and there's not a cop to be found. Not a siren to be heard. No price to be paid. That's not true, and I don't like that sort of stuff.
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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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Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.
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If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.
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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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I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.
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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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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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Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it.
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
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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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It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of faith that absolutely supports the church.
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It sure is boring to be around people who are in character all the time. I always find it's closer to mental illness than acting excellence.
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I'm not religious. It's an issue, 'cause I've got two little kids, and I feel you can't grow up without knowledge of religion.
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I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.
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