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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.

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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When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.
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I've always felt it's the directors purview to say what it's the actor's purview to say how. It's not good for an actor to have the big picture in mind - it bollocks you up. An actor's purview is the tiny little... We measure our performance in seconds.
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Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
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I've got two little girls, I'm not scared about sex. I'll teach them, it's not going to kill them. But what could kill them is violence. Guns, drinking and driving, these are the real dangers in our society.
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
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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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You should know the lines, be prepared, get sleep, and have the script analyzed so you're ready to rock and roll.
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I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.
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Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.
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When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
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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've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.
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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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Emotions are the natural result of striving for something. Every single scene has two or more people in it, and nobody wants the same thing, so they are negotiating this one way or another. The result of that negotiation will bring out all kinds of emotional stuff in you.
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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 do want to do TV, but I'm looking to be a creator, writer, and producer, and perhaps I could be a recurring character. Do 10 shows a year, something like that.
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I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.
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I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite.
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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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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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