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I do them all for the money, I really do.
— William H. Macy
I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.
— William H. Macy
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
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
Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
— William H. Macy
I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.
— William H. Macy
Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
— William H. Macy
I would take William H. Macy as a teacher any day of the week. He's incredible. He's got a lot of hard-earned experience.
— Skeet Ulrich
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
I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.
— William H. Macy
The bar raises as you go.
— William H. Macy
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
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
One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words.
— William H. Macy
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
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
I introduced myself to Scorsese and I said, "If you need someone to do craft services, I'm there."
— William H. Macy
Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
— William H. Macy
We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.
— William H. Macy
So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.
— 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
That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.
— William H. Macy
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
A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.
— William H. Macy
Talk about putting your money where your mouth is. It's not right. Someone's gotta say it. They said it. I applaud them.
— William H. Macy
Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.
— William H. Macy
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
The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.
— William H. Macy
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
Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.
— William H. Macy
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
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
It's a shame ... you just don't see young people doing anything outside these days.
— William H. Macy
I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.
— William H. Macy
We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.
— William H. Macy
When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
— William H. Macy
Somebody's gotta stand up and say pubic hair is good, murder is bad. Sex is good, violence is bad.
— William H. Macy
It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.
— William H. Macy
It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
— William H. Macy