A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.
- William H. Macy
Wife, Gene, Hackman, Hopkins
We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.
- William H. Macy
Admit, Common, Leading, Ladies
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
Thought, Sex, Physically, Huge Thing
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
Deal, Holy, Pirates, None
That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.
- William H. Macy
Red, Carpet, Felt, Believed
I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.
- William H. Macy
Pet, Will, Like, Past Life
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
Some, One Day, Made, Schmuck
It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
- William H. Macy
Violence, Know, Started, Godfather
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 Believer, Firm, Overrated
Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
- William H. Macy
King, Horror, Ironic, Writes
Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.
- William H. Macy
Everyone, Using, Cool Guy, None
The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.
- William H. Macy
TV, TV Shows, Plays, La
When Fargo came out, I hired a publicist for the first time in my life. I thought, if ever I was going to make it, that was then.
- William H. Macy
My Life, Thought, Going, Fargo
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
Door, Most, Meant, Emmy
I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.
- William H. Macy
Yes, Based, Tendency, Rewrite
The bar raises as you go.
- William H. Macy
You, Go, Bar, Raises
Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
- William H. Macy
Work, Times, Anyone, Quarter
The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.
- William H. Macy
Night, Drinking, Another, Televised
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
Think, Some, Been, Situations
I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
- William H. Macy
Real, Tell, About, Oscars
There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.
- William H. Macy
Older Women, Some, Roles, Older
Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
- William H. Macy
Percent, Just, Ninety, Ninety Percent
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
Want, Oscar, Agent, Paying
I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV.
- William H. Macy
Myself, Against, TV, Miss
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
New, Living, Making, Making A Living
When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
- William H. Macy
Watch, Away, Get, Swept
Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
- William H. Macy
Childhood, Actor, Became, Good Childhood
I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
- William H. Macy
Dreams, Process, Sure, Mostly
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