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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.

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
Writer
Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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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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I have been working out for 30 years, staying in shape in the dream that someday I would get to play a sex scene. Finally I get one, and they cut it.
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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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I think acting is getting better and better.
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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.
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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'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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It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.
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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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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'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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The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.
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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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I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.
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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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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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I'm not much of a preparer. I think sometimes as an actor you need to go out and learn some skills, but in terms of preparation for understanding the character, it's all on the page, and if it's not on the page, you're in trouble.
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I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have to take off the writer hat and let the director direct.
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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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Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
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