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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.

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
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.
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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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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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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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Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it.
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I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
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Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.
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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.
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Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious.
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
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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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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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I've always felt it's the directors purview to say what it's the actor's purview to say how. It's not good for an actor to have the big picture in mind - it bollocks you up. An actor's purview is the tiny little... We measure our performance in seconds.
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