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William H. Macy
American
Actor
About the author
When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Film
The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Spirit
#Night
#Awards
#Drinking
Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Horror
That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
The bar raises as you go.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Life
#Will
#Past
#Dogs
#Walking
The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#People
#Jobs
Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't care.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Care
There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Women
We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Want
#Love
#First
#Sense
We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#People
#Leading
#Men
#Ladies
We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing. It's a huge thing.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Thought
#Sex
When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Living
#Car
#Actor
#Summer
Yeah, I made it. It sneaks up on you. You're some schmuck and you wake up one day and you go, Good God, I'm the cheese.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#God
#Day
Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Actor
#Childhood
When Fargo came out, I hired a publicist for the first time in my life. I thought, if ever I was going to make it, that was then.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Time
#Life
#Thought
#First
Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Preparation
#Actors
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,
American
Actor
#Character
Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Work
I do them all for the money, I really do.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Money
I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Want
#Job
I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
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.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Violence
I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Kids
I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Writing
I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Dreams
If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Character
#Want
#Play
I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Movies
#Theater
A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.
William H. Macy,
American
Actor
#Wife
#Favorite