Quotes from William H. Macy


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    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.

    Care | Caribbean | Holy


    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.

    Car | Summer | House


    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.

    Life | Time | Fargo


    We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.

    Men | Admit | Leading


    We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.

    Love | Again


    There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.

    Women | Older | Beauties


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

    Great | Night | Awards


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

    Jobs | La | TV


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

    Percent | Ninety


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

    Violence | Godfather


    I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.

    Yes | Rewrite | Script


    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.

    Agent | Nomination | Paying


    I do them all for the money, I really do.

    Money


    Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.

    Work | Paid | Anyone


    When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.

    Camera | Watch | Swept


    Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.

    King | Horror | Charming


    That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.

    Red | Carpet | Believed


    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.

    Decide | Pay | Written


    I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.

    Door | Proud | Meant


    I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

    Audience | Trick | Overrated


       

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