Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good. William H. Macy More Quotes by William H. Macy More Quotes From William H. Macy It sure is boring to be around people who are in character all the time. I always find it's closer to mental illness than acting excellence. William H. Macy excellence character people That red carpet has to be felt to be believed. William H. Macy red-lipstick carpet felt One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words. William H. Macy incomplete sentences self 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 casual paid sex Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything. William H. Macy ninety preparation actors 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 cheese wake-up one-day I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams. William H. Macy process dream 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 car new-york summer 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. William H. Macy tiny mind directors 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 firm tricks character 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 holy-grail girl real It’s a shame...you just don’t see young people doing anything outside these days. William H. Macy shame these-days people 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 independent passion giving-up Before I made it big I worked as a dishwasher, washing dishes in this place called Dishwasher House where people could just come in and do whatever they wanted to the dishes and we had to clean them with our hands till they bled. A lot of struggling actors worked there-Downey Jr., Joaquin Phoenix, Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans-and we actually all kind of wish we still did. William H. Macy phoenix struggle hands 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 writing doors thinking It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know. William H. Macy violence knows 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 hours goes-on directors 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 cutting dream sex We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love. William H. Macy want firsts 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 guy white thinking
