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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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Yeah, I made it. It sneaks up on you. You're some schmuck and you wake up one day and you go, Good God, I'm the cheese.
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Somebody's gotta stand up and say pubic hair is good, murder is bad. Sex is good, violence is bad.
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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'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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With an inexperienced director, a lot of times the days go on to 14, 15, 16 hours. It goes horrendously overtime. And because of the lack of money, they just keep you there, regardless of the hours.
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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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We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.
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We always want to see people strive and see the human spirit triumph against adversity. That's what it's all about because that's what we're doing. We're trying to triumph in our lives.
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Perhaps there is such a thing as obscene sex, but I know that violence is always obscene. So I don't get it, that you can disembowel a woman but you can't see her tits. Who made that up? That's sick!
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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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We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.
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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.
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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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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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I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it.
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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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A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.
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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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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 love metaphor the way some people love junk food.
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