William H. Macy Quotes

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

William H. Macy

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• All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

  

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• The voice has to be very clear at all times in order to convey the emotion.

  

  Ednita Nazario
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• When somebody says to you the real USC is in L.A., tell them we were a school before they were a state.

  

  Darius Rucker Hootie & the Blowfish
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• That's one of the things I love about being a songwriter first, last and always, because whether I do it or not, if someone does a great job on it, my work is done.

  

  Carole King
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• The word spirit comes from the Latin word for "breath" - spiritu - and the origin of the word spirituality has to do with breath and life force, the mysteries of the ancients and all this. The word is very suspect in much of the art world - the Western art world. Certainly, spirituality has become divorced from religious.

  

  Chris Martin Coldplay
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• Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
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  • Way
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• You make me feel like a natural man

  

  Carole King
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• When man can "wish away worrying," every desire will be instantly fulfilled.

  

  Florence Scovel Shinn
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  • Wish
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• I don't see much point in doing things for a pure joke. Every now and then you need a joke, but not so much as the people who spend all their lives constructing joke palaces think you do.

  

  A. S. Byatt
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• She would of been a good woman," said The Misfit, "if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.

  

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• Physical training is mental warfare!

  

  Tae Yun Kim
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• I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

  

  Len Wein
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• There is a tendency to dehumanize kids that commit crimes. The system is focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation. These kids are the most misunderstood and most cruelly treated.

  

  Andrew Solomon
  • Kids
  • Crime
  • Focused

• Jesus has very clearly said in the gospel. "Whatever you do, do to the least of my brethren." Clear? That was the work of Jesus.

  

  Mother Teresa
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• Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd.

  

  Albert Camus
  • Humans
  • Existence
  • Creatures

• Anytime I've ever been involved in a non-linear story, you see it in a linear manner first, just to make sure it makes sense, and then you chop it up and move it around.

  

  Zack Snyder
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• Now for the first time, you can choose yourself. You can be responsible for what you do and how you do it. You have to do the hard work of finding and pleasing an audience.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Audience
  • Firsts
  • Hard

• A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

  

  William H. Macy
  • Actors
  • Firsts
  • Directors