William H. Macy Quotes
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I've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.
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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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The emotions will take care of themselves. You don't have to prod them along. As a matter of fact, you get in trouble when you prod them along.
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Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.
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I've got two little girls, I'm not scared about sex. I'll teach them, it's not going to kill them. But what could kill them is violence. Guns, drinking and driving, these are the real dangers in our society.
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At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.
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Many times, I like to read the script before I even know who they want me to play, so I can read it and really enjoy it as an audience member. I think that's given me the ability to ferret out the really special scripts from all the rest.
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You have to do whatever you can to limit the things that could make you feel insecure.
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When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.
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I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have to take off the writer hat and let the director direct.
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The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.
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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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I'm not much of a preparer. I think sometimes as an actor you need to go out and learn some skills, but in terms of preparation for understanding the character, it's all on the page, and if it's not on the page, you're in trouble.
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I love women. I always have. I'm not pretending that I understand them, but I just love women. I love being in their presence and I love everything about them.
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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.
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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 am against censorship in any form. I think anybody should be able to make any movie he or she wants and let the public decide. If it's disgusting and they don't want to see it, they won't go. I believe in the audience.
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We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.
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Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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There are statistics out that say 20 year olds, 18 years olds think about sex 90 percent of the time. They only don't think about sex when they're eating, and that's rare.
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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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The reason they came up with the ratings board is that there are a lot of movies out there, and parents need some guidance. Not only for the kids, but for adults, as well. If you don't like to see a certain kind of film, there should be some rating, so that you know what you're getting into. But the present system doesn't work.
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.