William H. Macy
William H. Macy
William Hall Macy, Jr.is an American actor, screenwriter, teacher and theater director. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he also appeared in summer action films. Macy has described himself as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 March 1950
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.
We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.
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.
I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.
I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.
It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.
The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.
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.
I have been working out for 30 years, staying in shape in the dream that someday I would get to play a sex scene. Finally I get one, and they cut it.
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.
When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.
Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious.
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.