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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.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it.
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I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.
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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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Women, in order to recharge their batteries, gather in groups. They can recharge their batteries with their sisters. I tend to recharge my batteries in solitude, therefore the motorcycle trips. I need to be alone. As a matter of fact, I have to be careful. I could turn into a hermit.
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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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There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.
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One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words.
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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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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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When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.
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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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I really love hanging out on the set, and I love the life, and all of that. But I don't think I could stick with this profession if it weren't for those 15 minutes a day when I get to act. That's the part I love. For some strange reason, it's the time that I'm the least self-conscious in my whole life.
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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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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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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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All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him to do your will.
William H. Macy
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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There will always be people with disabilities. And by my estimation, the scorecard for the way we take care of those who need our help the most, those at the very bottom of that safety net, is pretty dismal. And that has to change.
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One of the things I did early on in film was over-enunciate and talk too loud.
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