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William H. Macy [1950-0] American
Rank: 101
Actor


William Hall Macy, Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, teacher and theater director. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he also appeared in summer action films. 

Cool, Dreams, Pet



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That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.
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A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.
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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.
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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.
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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. Pet
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Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
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Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good. Cool
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I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams. Dreams
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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.
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The bar raises as you go.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
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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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I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
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When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
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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.
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I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.
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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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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.
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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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There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.
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I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.
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It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
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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.
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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.
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We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.
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Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
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The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.
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We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.
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I do them all for the money, I really do.
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