William H. Macy
William H. Macy
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. Macy has described himself as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 March 1950
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words.
Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.
Emotions are the natural result of striving for something. Every single scene has two or more people in it, and nobody wants the same thing, so they are negotiating this one way or another. The result of that negotiation will bring out all kinds of emotional stuff in you.
Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.
I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.
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.
Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.