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 More Quotes by William H. Macy More Quotes From William H. Macy 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 viewschildrenthinking Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it. William H. Macy violencewantchildren What I've discovered is, really, acting is acting is acting. It's all the same. Seventy-five percent of the skills are the same in both media. William H. Macy acting We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see. William H. Macy screwed-upsexamerica I'm not religious. It's an issue, 'cause I've got two little kids, and I feel you can't grow up without knowledge of religion. William H. Macy growing-upreligiouskids Writers love to write those idiotic, long stage directions, and some of them worse than others. They have nothing to do with the movie. They're just jerking around. William H. Macy stagewritinglong You can skim those stage directions and go right to the dialogue. You can almost read the movie in the same amount of time it will take you to see the movie. William H. Macy stage-directionsdialoguestage I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind. William H. Macy goalbravelaughing There are statistics out that say 20 year olds, 18 years olds think about sex 90 percent of the time. They only don't think about sex when they're eating, and that's rare. William H. Macy sexyearsthinking I'm not much of a preparer. I think sometimes as an actor you need to go out and learn some skills, but in terms of preparation for understanding the character, it's all on the page, and if it's not on the page, you're in trouble. William H. Macy skillscharacterthinking Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy. William H. Macy shootingscriptsjoy So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst. William H. Macy guyenergytrying Somebody's gotta stand up and say pubic hair is good, murder is bad. Sex is good, violence is bad. William H. Macy violencehairsex 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. William H. Macy hatsscriptsdirectors Perhaps there is such a thing as obscene sex, but I know that violence is always obscene. So I don't get it, that you can disembowel a woman but you can't see her tits. Who made that up? That's sick! William H. Macy sickviolencesex Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious. William H. Macy guyreligioustrying I don't watch rushes. My whole thing is to try to stay in the moment with the other actor, and to let it all hang. I'm not sure I'm right on that, though. William H. Macy actorstryingwatches 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 actingtogetherrunning 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 wantmistakedirectors 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 rehearsalfanstogether
