One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words. William H. Macy More Quotes by William H. Macy More Quotes From William H. Macy I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies. William H. Macy best-experiencespowerfulthinking Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror. William H. Macy ironickingswriting Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood. William H. Macy good-childhoodchildhoodactors What actors are good at doing is walking into a situation that should make you incredibly self-conscious and frightened and doing it anyway. That's the gig, pretending that you are comfortable. William H. Macy gigsactorsself If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it. William H. Macy playpaycharacter When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera. William H. Macy camerasfilmwatches I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite. William H. Macy tendenciesscripts A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife. William H. Macy genescastswife The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows. William H. Macy tv-showsplayjobs I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it. William H. Macy agentswantjobs Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter. William H. Macy quartersharderdirectors The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night. William H. Macy awardsdrinkingnight I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion. William H. Macy emotionactiondirectors Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good. William H. Macy cool-guyhookguy The best thing for an actor to do is take your attention off of how you feel about it, and put it on striving to obtain a particular objective. The happy result is that it brings out all this unexpected stuff in yourself. William H. Macy how-you-feelactorsattention Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love. William H. Macy independentrunninginteresting 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. William H. Macy rollingtrackpassion I loved Batman, don't get me wrong, but that kind of mindless violence is not good for young children. William H. Macy violencekindchildren 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 supportplaymen 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
