William H. Macy Quotes - Page 2

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• I've studied Stanislavsky, and Mamet taught Stanislavsky, and I studied with Sanford Meisner. But the part of the method that I think is the most fruitful is the method of physical actions. It all comes down to your objective: Nothing else counts except what you want. How you feel will take care of itself.

  William H. Macy

  Care, How You Feel, Take Care

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• All modesty aside, I think I'm good at reading scripts. The way I read a script is as fast as I can, all in one sitting, and I don't read many of the stage directions. I only read enough stage directions to let me know where I am, because they're always so verbose and mostly horseshit. So I only read the dialogue, which allows me to see the movie in my mind's eye in real time.

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  Real, Reading, Eye

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.

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  Joy, Shooting, Scripts

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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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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  Directors, Scripts, Hats

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.

  William H. Macy

  Directors, Action, Emotion

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• 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

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• Every scene has two people who want two different things, so there's conflict in every scene. You've got to duke it out, and you've got to get the other person to change his or her mind and do it your way.

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  Two, People, Mind

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• That's pretty much what every scene is about, getting people to see your point of view. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

  William H. Macy

  Winning, Views, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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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.

  William H. Macy

  Thinking, Play, Special

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better.

  William H. Macy

  Thinking, Directors, Actors

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If I had my choice, I would do the same little independent films, but they would have $100 million budgets, so I could get paid a fortune and hang out in a huge trailer.

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  Independent, Choices, Littles

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• You'd much rather act with a pal, someone you know really well. That way, you can cut all the niceties and go right to insulting each other.

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  Cutting, Insulting, Pals

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.

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  Simple, Acting, Actors

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.

  William H. Macy

  Men, People, Common

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. Novemer 21, 2003.

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• 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.

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  People, Safety, Care

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

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• 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.

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  Directors, Goes On, Hours

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• 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.

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  Giving Up, Independent, Passion

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious.

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  Religious, Guy, Trying

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I have been working out for 30 years, staying in shape in the dream that someday I would get to play a sex scene. Finally I get one, and they cut it.

  William H. Macy

  Dream, Sex, Cutting

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• The only reason an indie gets made is because someone has a burning passion to do it and won't take no for an answer, as opposed to a big film, which is like a train that starts rolling down the tracks and nothing can stop it.

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  Passion, Track, Rolling

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I've always felt it's the directors purview to say what; it's the actor's purview to say how. It's not good for an actor to have the big picture in mind - it bollocks you up. An actor's purview is the tiny little... We measure our performance in seconds.

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  Mind, Tiny, Directors

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of faith that absolutely supports the church.

  William H. Macy

  Men, Play, Support

  Source: collider.com

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• One of the things I did early on in film was over-enunciate and talk too loud.

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  Film, Loud

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The character and the actor in a long-running series slowly become one. I think there must be funny stories about actors who, in the pilot for a TV series, did some weird thing with their eyes, or some speech impediment or something, and the next thing you know, it's eight years later, and they're still doing that freaking gag.

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  Running, Character, Eye

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.

  William H. Macy

  Dream, Process

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