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Directing is a huge amount of work with very little payoff, and a quarter of the money, and nine times more time spent.
William H. Macy
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William H. Macy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 13
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Film Director
Film Producer
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Miami
Florida
William Hall Macy
William Hall Macy Jr.
William Macy
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Emotions are the natural result of striving for something. Every single scene has two or more people in it, and nobody wants the same thing, so they are negotiating this one way or another. The result of that negotiation will bring out all kinds of emotional stuff in you.
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I don't know if it's fair to say that it's a bad time for movies. It seems to me that throughout the entire history of filmmaking, every year there have been about two really wonderful movies, about 10 others that are pretty good, and a whole pile of garbage.
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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.
William H. Macy
You have to do whatever you can to limit the things that could make you feel insecure.
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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
Nothing else counts except what you want.
William H. Macy
Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
William H. Macy
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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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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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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Every scene has two people who want two different things, so there's conflict in every scene. You've got to duke it out, and you've got to get the other person to change his or her mind and do it your way.
William H. Macy
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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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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I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
William H. Macy
The only reason an indie gets made is because someone has a burning passion to do it and won't take no for an answer, as opposed to a big film, which is like a train that starts rolling down the tracks and nothing can stop it.
William H. Macy
Ultimately, a more experienced director realizes that you've got to stop sometime and just move on. They're braver about that.
William H. Macy
We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.
William H. Macy
I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.
William H. Macy
Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious.
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