William H. Macy Quotes

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Deal, Holy, Pirates, None

That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.

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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.

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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.

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Some, One Day, Made, Schmuck

It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.

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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.

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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.

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Everyone, Using, Cool Guy, None

The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Work, Times, Anyone, Quarter

The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.

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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.

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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.

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Older Women, Some, Roles, Older

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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