Latest William H. Macy Quotes from Interviews

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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.

  William H. Macy

  Love Is, Pretending

  Source: collider.com

• Women, in order to recharge their batteries, gather in groups. They can recharge their batteries with their sisters. I tend to recharge my batteries in solitude, therefore the motorcycle trips. I need to be alone. As a matter of fact, I have to be careful. I could turn into a hermit.

  William H. Macy

  Order, Solitude, Motorcycle

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

• There will always be people with disabilities. And by my estimation, the scorecard for the way we take care of those who need our help the most, those at the very bottom of that safety net, is pretty dismal. And that has to change.

  William H. Macy

  People, Safety, Way

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

• It's not good for people to have the safety net too low... People can take care of themselves better than we allow them to.

  William H. Macy

  People, Safety, Care

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

• 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.

  William H. Macy

  Kids, Parent, Adults

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

• The ratings system is so bogus and people know it. Fewer and fewer people care. The ratings board has sort of exposed itself. But my problem is, as a parent, there's this area of film that my daughters want to see. They're not my kind of films, I don't want to go see them, but I really want to know whether my daughters can see them or not. The morality of what the ratings board is doing now escapes me. I don't get it.

  William H. Macy

  Daughter, People, Parent

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

• 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.

  William H. Macy

  Believe, Thinking, Able

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

• As an actor, early on, you learn that the audience is never wrong. And if you think they are wrong, you need to find a different way to make a living. Collectively the audience is smarter than you will ever, ever be.

  William H. Macy

  Thinking, Different, Needs

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

• So much of the violence in the movies is b.s. violence: A guy in the middle of a large city with 14 people lying on the ground that he's just killed with his superhuman powers, and there's not a cop to be found. Not a siren to be heard. No price to be paid. That's not true, and I don't like that sort of stuff.

  William H. Macy

  Lying, Cities, People

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

• I loved Batman, don't get me wrong, but that kind of mindless violence is not good for young children.

  William H. Macy

  Children, Violence, Kind

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

• I've discovered that I can't trust the ratings board at all, because they have - to my mind - a perverted point of view about what's appropriate for children. They think that if you see any part of a male or female anatomy, we have to protect children from it, which is not true, and they think almost any level of violence is okay for children, which is absolutely not true... They're really off the mark.

  William H. Macy

  Children, Thinking, Views

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

• Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it.

  William H. Macy

  Children, Want, Violence

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

• I'm a big fan of rehearsal. I'm famous for pulling the cast together, not so much to formally rehearse, but just to run the lines. My theory of acting is that it takes all your attention just to stay in the moment, and keep your attention on the other person, and get him to do what you want him to do.

  William H. Macy

  Running, Acting, Together

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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

  Littles, Nine, Payoff

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I'm getting bigger roles, and I'm on location more, and I have a wife and family. I'd rather work less, and I've started to implement that. It was either that or my wife would break my heart.

  William H. Macy

  Heart, Wife, Roles

  Source: www.avclub.com

• To a certain extent. I'm a fan of rehearsal on the day [of the shoot], more than getting together a week beforehand.

  William H. Macy

  Together, Fans, Rehearsal

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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."

  William H. Macy

  Knowing, Faces, Actors

  Source: www.avclub.com

• With an inexperienced director, a lot of times the days go on to 14, 15, 16 hours. It goes horrendously overtime. And because of the lack of money, they just keep you there, regardless of the hours.

  William H. Macy

  Directors, Goes On, Hours

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene, and they don't know how it should be blocked, and they're not clear on how they want to do a scene.

  William H. Macy

  Mistake, Want, Directors

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Sometimes, directors are afraid to stop shooting, because the second you stop and say, "We got it," and move on, you'll never get another chance. And they're terrified to get in the cutting room and not be happy. So they just keep shooting.

  William H. Macy

  Moving, Cutting, Rooms

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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

  Moving, Directors, Realizing

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.

  William H. Macy

  Mistake, Mean, Long

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.

  William H. Macy

  People, Matter, Felt

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I'm drawn to a lot of first-time directors. One of the great common denominators in these small independent films is that there's a person, or two people, who have an absolutely monomaniacal passion to get these films made. That's what makes them happen. Sometimes, it takes years and years to finally get it done, but by never backing down, by never giving up, they get these films to the screen by hook or by crook.

  William H. Macy

  Giving Up, Independent, Passion

  Source: www.avclub.com

• When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.

  William H. Macy

  Mistake, People, Suffering

  Source: www.avclub.com