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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.
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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William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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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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You can skim those stage directions and go right to the dialogue. You can almost read the movie in the same amount of time it will take you to see the movie.
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When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
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So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
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We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.
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The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.
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Writers love to write those idiotic, long stage directions, and some of them worse than others. They have nothing to do with the movie. They're just jerking around.
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Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
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I've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.
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