Quotes by William H. Macy

William H. Macy

A good actor’s director, first of all, is prepared, so there’s not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

Actors

Directors

Firsts

Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.

Acting

Actors

Simple

All modesty aside, I think I’m good at reading scripts. The way I read a script is as fast as I can, all in one sitting, and I don’t read many of the stage directions. I only read enough stage directions to let me know where I am, because they’re always so verbose and mostly horseshit. So I only read the dialogue, which allows me to see the movie in my mind’s eye in real time.

Eye

Reading

Real

Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene, and they don’t know how it should be blocked, and they’re not clear on how they want to do a scene.

Directors

Mistake

Want

Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I’m not religious.

Guy

Religious

Trying

As an actor, early on, you learn that the audience is never wrong. And if you think they are wrong, you need to find a different way to make a living. Collectively the audience is smarter than you will ever, ever be.

Different

Needs

Thinking

At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.

Actors

The End Of The Day

Waiting

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

Directors

Harder

Quarters

Every scene has two people who want two different things, so there’s conflict in every scene. You’ve got to duke it out, and you’ve got to get the other person to change his or her mind and do it your way.

Mind

People

Two

Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They’re run by love.

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Interesting

Running

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Quotes by William H. Macy

William H. Macy

A good actor’s director, first of all, is prepared, so there’s not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.

Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene, and they don’t know how it should be blocked, and they’re not clear on how they want to do a scene.

Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I’m not religious.

As an actor, early on, you learn that the audience is never wrong. And if you think they are wrong, you need to find a different way to make a living. Collectively the audience is smarter than you will ever, ever be.

At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.

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

Every scene has two people who want two different things, so there’s conflict in every scene. You’ve got to duke it out, and you’ve got to get the other person to change his or her mind and do it your way.

Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They’re run by love.

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