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I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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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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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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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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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 introduced myself to Scorsese and I said, If you need someone to do craft services, I'm there.
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What actors are good at doing is walking into a situation that should make you incredibly self-conscious and frightened and doing it anyway. That's the gig, pretending that you are comfortable.
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Talk about putting your money where your mouth is. It's not right. Someone's gotta say it. They said it. I applaud them.
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I am against censorship in any form. I think anybody should be able to make any movie he or she wants and let the public decide. If it's disgusting and they don't want to see it, they won't go. I believe in the audience.
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We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.
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I think acting is getting better and better.
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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 do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.
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The best thing for an actor to do is take your attention off of how you feel about it, and put it on striving to obtain a particular objective. The happy result is that it brings out all this unexpected stuff in yourself.
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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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Nothing else counts except what you want.
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Sometimes, directors are afraid to stop shooting, because the second you stop and say, We got it, and move on, you'll never get another chance. And they're terrified to get in the cutting room and not be happy. So they just keep shooting.
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I'm a big fan of rehearsal. I'm famous for pulling the cast together, not so much to formally rehearse, but just to run the lines. My theory of acting is that it takes all your attention just to stay in the moment, and keep your attention on the other person, and get him to do what you want him to do.
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I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.
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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 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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